AnsweredLine
The AI receptionist for home inspection companies
Answered Line is the AI receptionist and answering service for home inspectors. You spend the day in attics and crawlspaces, and the agent calling to book has a contract deadline. It picks up every call, books the inspection on your calendar, and texts you a summary so nothing waits until you climb down.
Call the receptionist and hear it for yourself.
Ask it anything a customer would ask you.The calls a home inspector actually gets
Inspection calls come from buyers, agents, and sellers, and most of them are on a clock. Here's what the receptionist handles while you're on a roof.
Agent booking for a buyer
A buyer's agent needs a full inspection inside the option period. It gets the address, square footage, year built, and how to get in, then books an open slot.
Add-on services
The buyer asks if you also do radon, termite, or a sewer scope. It answers from the list you give it and notes what they want on the booking.
"When do I get the report?"
A first-time buyer calls the day after the inspection, nervous about the foundation note. It gives your report turnaround and texts you anything only you should answer.
Pre-listing and new construction
A seller wants a pre-listing inspection, or a buyer needs a pre-drywall walk on a new build. It takes the details and books or transfers by your rules.
Why inspectors put it on the phones
Agents get an answer the first time
Agents call while they're writing the offer. Every call gets answered on the first ring instead of going to voicemail while you're in a crawlspace.
Booked on your calendar
It books inspections on your calendar following the scheduling rules you set, so you're not texting back and forth between jobs to find a time.
After-hours offers covered
Offers get accepted at night and on weekends. It answers 24/7, so the buyer who calls at 9 pm gets on the calendar that night.
A text after every call
You get a summary with the address, who's buying, which agent, and what services they want. Read it on the ladder, act on it later.
Solicitors screened
Software vendors, lead sellers, and marketing pitches get screened, so your phone only buzzes for buyers, sellers, and agents.
Keep your number
The number on agent referral lists, your website, and your truck gets ported in. Nothing changes for the people who already call you.
The rest of the back office for home inspectors
Each one is its own monthly plan. Start with one, add the rest when you are ready.
Review requests + replies $97/mo
Every client gets asked for a Google review after the inspection, and every review gets a drafted reply. Buyers check reviews before they pick an inspector.
Missed-call text-back + reminders $100/mo
A missed call gets a text back in seconds, and booked clients get appointment reminders so the buyer and agent show up at the right time.
Email + text campaigns $197/mo
Seasonal campaigns to past clients and the agents who send you work, so your name stays in front of them between closings.
Local SEO + listings $397/mo
Your Google Business Profile, directory listings, and local pages kept up to date for searches like home inspector near me.
Crew App $79/mo
For multi-inspector companies: each inspector sees today's jobs, clocks in, works through checklists with required photos, and the office sees hours.
Website + hosting $97/mo
Your site hosted, secured, and kept updated, so agents and buyers find current services and can reach you.
What a missed call actually costs
Only about 38% of calls to small businesses get answered by a person. Of the callers who hit voicemail, most hang up without a message, 85% never call back, and 62% call a competitor next. Run your own numbers:
What the alternatives cost
| Option | Monthly | What you actually get |
|---|---|---|
| A business phone line | $25–$35 | A number. It still rings to voicemail when you're on a ladder. |
| Answering service (human) | $235–$325+, billed per minute | A stranger reads a script, takes a message. No booking, no texting the caller, overage every busy month. |
| Part-time receptionist | $1,300–$1,800 | 20 hours a week. Nights, weekends, and lunch still go to voicemail. |
| Full-time receptionist | $4,000–$5,300 | Business hours only, plus payroll, benefits, sick days. |
| Answered Line | $297 | The line, 24/7 voice and text answering, booking, transfers, call summaries — in your own voice if you want. |
We built it because we were losing calls too
We built it for our own company, Smarter Scapes. Window Cleaning Pros and Air Duct Cleaning Pros run on it too. Call any of them and the same receptionist picks up.
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Questions owners ask
Can it answer questions about what an inspection covers?
Yes, from the information you give it: what you inspect, add-on services, report turnaround, and your service area. Anything outside that, it takes a message and texts you.
Can my top agents be transferred straight to me?
Yes. You set the transfer rules, like putting your regular referring agents straight through and booking everyone else on the calendar.
Does it answer at night and on weekends?
It answers 24/7 in English and Spanish. The buyer whose offer was accepted at 9 pm gets booked that night, and you get the summary by text.
What does it cost?
The AI receptionist is $297/mo, with the first 3 months at $97/mo. Missed-call text-back and reminders are $100/mo and review requests are $97/mo. Each service is its own subscription, month to month, no contract.
Can I hear it before I sign up?
Call the demo line at (615) 219-2119 and talk to it like a customer would. It's the same receptionist we run for our own hardscape company in Nashville, plus Window Cleaning Pros and Air Duct Cleaning Pros.
The whole back office for home inspectors, one sign-up
Phones answered, missed calls texted back, reviews, follow-up, estimates, a crew app, social, SEO, ads and a website. Pick any or all of it. Each service is its own month-to-month plan.