General Contracting

AI receptionist for general contractors in Canada

Answer every call, book every site visit. Cedri is Canada's Bilingual AI Receptionist. It answers your general contracting company phone 24 hours a day, in English and French, and books Project Consultation, Renovation Estimate and Site Visit into the calendar in your Cedri app while the caller is still on the line. You get a text after every call.

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$18.99 CAD a month, 30 answered calls included.

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AI receptionist for Quebec businesses

What Cedri does on a renovation call

Cedri starts with the services it finds on your website or business listing, or with Project Consultation, Renovation Estimate and Site Visit if it finds none, so it can take a real booking on the very first call. Add, rename or remove services in the app any time.

Answers in English and French

Callers are answered in the language they speak, on the same line, with no menu to press through.

Books the job, not a message

Cedri reads your live availability and locks in a real slot before the caller hangs up.

Passes the call to you

When a caller asks for a person, Cedri can put the call through to a number you choose.

Texts the caller, and you

The caller gets a confirmation text when the booking is made and a reminder the day before. They can reply 2 to cancel. You get a text with their number and a short summary after every call.

What Cedri asks a caller before booking

A booking is only worth having when it arrives with the details. Before it books, Cedri asks for the address, what the project is, whether the caller has plans or drawings, and when they are hoping to start. The answers are written on the booking you see in the app.

The project, the plans and the start date

Cedri expects four kinds of renovation call: an addition or a full home renovation, an estimate for a project, a question about permits or drawings, and a job another contractor left unfinished. Each can end in a site visit booked in your Cedri agenda, with the address, what the project is, whether there are plans or drawings, and when the caller hopes to start. A caller who wants a price on the phone hears that your team confirms it once it has seen the project. When a caller asks whether you have a licence, the starting answer leaves the question to your team and, for a project in Quebec, points to the Régie du bâtiment du Québec, where anyone can check a contractor’s licence. Cedri checks nothing itself. Write your RBQ licence number into the licence answer in the app, and Cedri can give it to a caller who asks in your line’s main language.

An answering service for general contractors that books the site visit

A traditional answering service takes a message, often billed by the minute. Cedri answers every renovation call 24 hours a day, in English and French, and the site visit is in your calendar before the caller hangs up. You keep your number: forward every call to Cedri, or only the ones you miss.

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Cedri at a glance

Price: $18.99 CAD a month, or $189.99 a year. One plan, no contract. You pay when your line goes live.
Calls: 30 answered calls a month included. Calls under 10 seconds don’t count. Past 30, Cedri keeps answering, and extra calls come in packs on the web: 10 for $12.99, 25 for $29.99 or 50 for $49.99.
Languages: English and French on the same line. Apps for iPhone and Android.
On the phone: Cedri says it is an AI assistant and that the call may be recorded.
Your number: keep it. Forward it to your Cedri line.
How call forwarding works
Try it: call the demo line at (437) 475-4321.

What callers ask, and what Cedri says

Here is some of what Cedri says from the very first call, before you change anything. These answers send questions about prices, start dates, licences and permits to your team. Cedri says a price only when it finds one in your service list, your answers or your website, so check those prices in the app before you go live. Edit any answer in the app.

A caller asks: “How much will my renovation cost?”

Cedri answers: “It depends on the work, the size of the space and the materials, so the team confirms a price once it has seen the project. Tell me the address and what you want done, and I’ll book you a site visit.”

A caller asks: “When can you start?”

Cedri answers: “That depends on the team’s schedule and on the project, so the team confirms a start date. Tell me when you’re hoping to start, and I’ll pass it along.”

A caller asks: “Do you have a contractor’s licence?”

Cedri answers: “The team answers questions about licensing directly, before any work starts. In Quebec, you can also check a contractor’s licence on the Régie du bâtiment du Québec website. I can take your number and have someone follow up.”

A caller asks: “Do I need a permit for my project?”

Cedri answers: “That depends on the project and on your city, so the team confirms it. Tell me what you want done and whether you have plans or drawings, and I’ll pass it along.”

Check a contractor’s licence with the Régie du bâtiment du Québec

Cedri for other kinds of business

Same receptionist, different script. Each page shows what Cedri books and what it says on the phone for that line of work.

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Never miss another renovation call.

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