AI enquiry handling for builders in London.
Built for the three leaks London builders feel most: main-contractor tender-portal ring-outs the moment the office lights go off, £8k kitchen-extension refurb quotes left to go cold over the weekend after a late-PM site meeting, and scope-creep quietly robbing margin on £40k+ multi-refurb jobs. One bundle, one monthly fee.
The leaks we plug first
Three London-builder leaks.
Same three leaks as every other UK trade, with the trade-specific collar on each — London main contractors pushing tenders after 5pm that ring out to voicemail, deposit-stage refurb quotes drafted Friday morning that quietly die over the weekend, and scope-creep nudging a fixed-price quote from healthy margin into the red on every multi-refurb job in your patch.
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After-hours GC ring-outs
A main contractor rings your tender-portal line at 6:30pm about a Camden side-return tender closing Friday. Your phone rings out. By morning the GC has handed the slot to whoever replied first.
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Refurb deposit-stage friction
A site meeting ran past 5pm in Fulham, you promised a deposit-stage quote Friday morning and missed the window. The homeowner never chased. No day-2 nudge, no day-10 nudge. The £8k kitchen-extension quietly went cold over the weekend.
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Scope-creep on refurb jobs
A £40k kitchen-extension refurb was sold on a fixed-price quote — then the rewires, the structural openings and the second skip-load of muck-out quietly crept in. Margin that looked healthy on day one is gone before the second fix.
The Tradewake bundle, in builder voice
The same six services. Tuned for builders.
All six levers from the Tradewake bundle — reworded for the way London builder businesses actually take calls, run tender portals, send refurb quotes and chase reviews. Nothing here is upsold separately; everything below rolls into the single £500/month price.
A main contractor pushes a tender notification through your portal line at 6:30pm; your phone rings out; the GC gets a text from your business number inside the industry-standard 90-second window — before they’ve assigned the Camden side-return tender to whoever replied first.
- Auto-fired from your existing business number
- Custom message template worded for London builders
- 24/7 coverage — evenings, weekends, Friday-evening tender pushes
- Daily log of every recovered ring-out
WhatsApp, web chat and email enquiries about tender-portal RFQs, homeowner-side kitchen-extension costs and post-site-meeting follow-ups get pre-qualified and booked straight into your diary. Covers after-hours tender notifications and daytime refurb enquiries without a human on the hook.
- WhatsApp Business, web chat and email covered
- Pre-qualifies job type, tender ref vs homeowner, refurb scope
- Books straight into your existing calendar
- Hands off to a human only when it actually matters
A polite nudge on day 2, a useful nudge on day 5, a closing nudge on day 10 — written in your voice and sent only to enquiries that should convert. The £8k kitchen-extension refurb quoted after a late-PM Fulham site meeting gets a gentle, well-timed wake-up instead of going cold over the weekend.
- Day 2, day 5, day 10 — timed, not blasted
- Auto-stops the moment the customer replies
- Voice-matched to your existing refurb-quote email
- Monthly report on which nudges actually win jobs
After a completed kitchen-extension refurb, side-return build-out or loft conversion, your happiest clients get a one-tap prompt to leave a Google review. A slow, steady drip of five-stars against London GCs and direct homeowner clients — no begging sprints, no ambushed unhappy customers skewing the average.
- Triggered from your existing job-completed flow
- Routed only to customers you mark satisfied
- One-tap Google review link via SMS or email
- Monthly review-count and average-rating report
A straightforward CRM that fits how London builders actually keep notes — one record per refurb job, holding the tender ref, address, scope, deposit, variation orders and NHBC references, not by “lead-stage” jargon. Every RFQ, quote and completed refurb in one tidy place, viewable from your phone on site.
- One record per refurb — address, tender ref, variation orders, NHBC refs
- Mobile-first, designed for site use
- Connects to your existing calendar and email
- Hand-holding included for the first 30 days
A monthly refresh of fresh, qualified building leads in your London patch — main-contractor tender lists, letting-agent refurb windows, homeowner-side extension enquiries — verified and ready for outreach. The pipeline never sits empty, even in the traditionally quiet months between peaks.
- Monthly refresh of leads in your London trade area
- Verified contact details and decision-maker info
- Segmented by job type (refurb, extension, loft, GC tender)
- Quarterly review to keep targeting sharp
Pricing
The full six-service bundle — missed-call text-back, AI-assisted enquiry handling, quote follow-ups, review requests, trade CRM and continuous lead lists — installed and tuned monthly by a real operator.
No lock-in — month-to-month, cancel by email, no exit fee.
We'd rather earn next month than trap you in this one.
One number, no per-seat creep
- Missed-call text-back from your business number
- AI-assisted WhatsApp, web chat and email
- Quote follow-ups in your voice
- One-tap Google review prompts
- Trade CRM and continuous lead lists
- Monthly operator tuning plus report
The typical UK builder leak — across late-PM tender-portal ring-outs, deposit-stage refurb quotes going cold over the weekend and scope-creep on £40k+ multi-refurb jobs — runs at around £6,000 a year. See the maths on /roi →
How Tradewake runs it
Plug it in. We run it. Diary fills up.
The same three plain-language steps the Tradewake bundle runs for every trade. Your team stays on the tools; the bundle stays on the missed-call queue, the inbox, the quote follow-ups and the review prompts.
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Plug it in
Our side
Forwarding or import takes minutes. Tradewake’s bundle slots into the gaps where calls ring out, WhatsApp pings sit unanswered and quote replies go cold.
Your side
Hand us your number, calendar and inbox — no new app for your team to learn.
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We run it
Our side
Tradewake handles missed-call text-backs in the 90-second window, routes web and WhatsApp enquiries into your calendar, chases open quotes on day 2, day 5 and day 10, and prompts your happiest customers for 5-star reviews after every completed job.
Your side
We do the speed-to-lead work — you stay on the tools.
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Diary fills up
Our side
Each month we send the monthly report — recovered calls, booked visits, reviews — and tune the bundle so the next month runs hotter.
Your side
Show up to the booked jobs; booked jobs and repeat work climb week on week.
Ready when you are
Plug your enquiry leaks.
One London builder at a time.
Four fields, one working-day reply, and a clear answer on whether the Tradewake bundle is the right fit for your trade — even if it isn't.