AI Receptionists for Australian Plumbers

Stop Losing Plumbing
Jobs to Missed Calls.
CallSide AI Answers 24/7.

CallSide answers your plumbing calls 24/7, figures out what's wrong, captures the address, identifies urgent jobs, and sends everything straight to you.

  • Fewer calls left unanswered
  • Human-like AI phone receptionist built for plumbing businesses
  • Built to answer calls 24/7 — after hours, weekends and public holidays
  • Asks the right questions and works out how urgent the job is
  • Gets the name, mobile, suburb and what’s wrong — before you call back
  • Sends you the details by email the moment the call ends
  • Offers callers the times you have available
  • We build it, train it and manage it — you never touch the tech
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Kitchen Sink Leak·Josh·Carindale, QLD·High

Built for Australian plumbing businesses of every size — from sole traders to multi-van teams.

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CallSide AI Voice Receptionist
Voice AI for your phone

24/7 AI call coverage — it identifies the issue and captures the job. Read a sample Australian plumbing call below.

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After the call, you receive
The email a business receives after the call: new lead from CallSide AI. Name Josh, phone 0491 570 110, address 14 Bellevue Street, Carindale. Service: plumbing, kitchen sink leak. Issue: water coming from under the kitchen sink, cupboard is soaked, water is still actively dripping. Details: water is coming from the pipes under the sink, not the tap; water is still on, customer was not sure which valve to turn; water is mostly staying in the cupboard but a bit is running out onto the floor; no dog, off-street parking in the driveway; first available plumber requested; marked as urgent. Urgency high. Source: phone call.
Lead delivered instantly

Your call summary is emailed as soon as the call ends.
CRM integration and calendar booking are optional.

CRM integration Calendar booking Optional
Optional add-on — website chat
CallSide AI Chatbot
Optional add-on for your website

Greets visitors instantly, identifies the issue, and captures the lead before they leave your site.

Interactive — answer it yourself
CallSide PlumbingAI live agent · replies instantly
Press Play demo to watch CallSide qualify a website visitor.

Example workflow for demonstration purposes. Every CallSide assistant is customised around the business, its services, hours and booking process.

The Cost of a Missed Call

Every Missed Call Is a Job Your Competitor Gets

A homeowner standing in two inches of water does not leave a voicemail. They call the next plumber on the list.

Answered While You’re Under a Sink

Calls often come while you’re on a job, driving, or after hours. That’s when CallSide steps in.

Lower Cost Than Hiring

24/7 call coverage without the overhead of staffing a receptionist around the clock.

Lead Details Captured

Caller details, service need, and appointment request are organised and sent to your team.

How it works

How It Works

Start with your calls. Add website chat when you need it.

Fully managed, done for you. You stay on the tools, we handle the phones.
1We learn your business

Your services, pricing, service area, hours, and exactly what counts as an emergency. We build it around how you actually run jobs.

2We build and launch your agent

We craft, test and tune an agent that knows your jobs and sounds like your best dispatcher — you pick the name and the voice, and approve every answer. You don’t lift a finger.

3It answers around the clock

Day, night and weekends. Every call becomes an organized lead in your inbox — and a booked job on your calendar when your calendar is connected.

Choose how calls reach the AI
Keep your numberEasiest Missed, busy and after-hours calls forward to the AI.

Your existing number forwards to the AI only when you don’t pick up — after hours, when you’re on a job, or when the line is busy. Customers keep calling the number they already know, and you still answer whenever you can.

Add a separate number A dedicated number for your website, ads or ute.

You get a second number that only the AI answers — put it on your website, your ads or your ute. Every call it takes comes back to you as a lead, and your own phone stays exactly as it is.

Not sure? We set it up either way, and you can change it later.

Optional add-on — for visitors who would rather type than call
1Visitor starts a chat

CallSide greets them and finds out what they need.

2Questions get answered

It replies using information you approved.

3The job is qualified

Service, urgency and timing are captured for you.

VOICE

Phone Receptionist

1

A Customer Calls Your Number

Built to answer 24/7, so calls don’t sit in voicemail.

2

The AI Receptionist Answers Live

It speaks naturally with the caller, just like a front-desk team member.

3

The Call Is Handled

Books or reschedules an appointment, or captures details for an urgent job.

ADD-ON

Website Chat

1

Visitor Starts a Conversation

CallSide AI greets the visitor and identifies what they need.

2

Questions Get Answered

The assistant uses approved business information to answer, day or night.

3

The Job Is Qualified

It captures the service needed, urgency, and preferred timing.

However they reach you, the lead gets delivered instantly.

📧 Email
📇 CRM
📅 Calendar
Pricing

Choose Your Plan

AI receptionist plans — website chat can be added on top.

AI Receptionist

Free
AI Voice Free Trial
Try it and trust it first.
A$0/mo
25 call minutes included · no credit card required
  • Same AI receptionist, built for your business
  • 24/7 call coverage — nights, weekends and public holidays
  • Instant call summaries & lead alerts
  • Call transcripts & recordings
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AI Voice Starter
Entry-level phone coverage for lower call volumes
A$229/mo
150 call minutes included · then A$0.99/min
  • 150 call minutes a month
  • AI phone receptionist trained on your business
  • 24/7 AI call coverage — nights, weekends and public holidays
  • Captures appointment requests
  • Instant call summaries & lead alerts
  • Call transcripts & recordings
  • Usage alerts before you reach your limit
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AI Voice Business+
Full phone coverage for very busy businesses
A$899/mo
1,500 call minutes included · then A$0.69/min
  • 1,500 call minutes a month
  • AI phone receptionist trained on your business
  • 24/7 AI call coverage — nights, weekends and public holidays
  • Captures appointment requests
  • Instant call summaries & lead alerts
  • Call transcripts & recordings
  • Usage alerts before you reach your limit
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Voice overage is charged per plan — A$0.99 a minute on Starter, A$0.85 on Pro and A$0.69 on Business+ — and only if you go past your included minutes. We alert you before you do. Cancel anytime on monthly plans. Prices are in Australian dollars; GST is not currently charged unless otherwise stated or required by applicable law.

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. 30-day money-back guarantee on your first month’s subscription. If you’re not satisfied with the service, let us know and we’ll refund your first month.

Optional Add-On — AI Website Chat

AI Website Chat Starter
150 AI conversations a month — about A$0.99 each
A$149/mo
150 conversations included · then A$0.69 each
  • Knowledge base trained on your business
  • Lead & contact capture
  • Appointment-request collection
  • Email lead notifications
  • Custom branding
  • Priority optimisation
  • Monthly AI tuning
  • Priority support
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AI Website Chat Business+
800 AI conversations a month — about A$0.56 each
A$449/mo
800 conversations included · then A$0.69 each
  • Knowledge base trained on your business
  • Lead & contact capture
  • Appointment-request collection
  • Email lead notifications
  • Custom branding
  • Priority optimisation
  • Monthly AI tuning
  • Priority support
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The maths

What a Receptionist Costs You

Traditional receptionist

In-House Receptionist

A$5,900/mo

Estimated monthly cost for a 9–5 receptionist working Monday to Friday

Annual cost
A$70,800

Plus sick days, turnover and no cover after hours

AI receptionist

AI Voice

A$229/mo

A 24/7 AI receptionist that answers nights, weekends and public holidays

Annual cost
A$2,748

One plan, one price. No setup fee.

A$68,052
Estimated saving in year one

Receptionist cost is an estimate, not a quote: median full-time earnings for receptionists in Australia are $1,229 a week, about $63,900 a year (Jobs and Skills Australia, from the ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025), and an employer also pays 12% superannuation on top, before leave loading, equipment and cover. The two columns are not like-for-like — a full-time hire covers business hours, while the AI plan shown covers nights, weekends and public holidays within its included minutes. Your own cost will differ. Prices exclude GST.

Common calls

Built for the Calls Australian Plumbers Actually Get

Leaking Pipes & Fixtures

Captures the location, how bad it is, and whether water is still running.

Clogged Drains & Toilets

Finds out which drains are affected and gets the appointment request started.

No Hot Water

Handles hot water system calls, gas or electric, and whether there's any hot water at all.

Burst Pipe Emergencies

Answers after-hours calls and marks the urgent ones so you know to move.

Sump Pumps & Sewer Lines

Gets the details your team needs to prioritize the response.

Remodel & Install Quotes

Fields new-install and remodel enquiries and passes them to your estimator.

FAQ

Common Questions

What exactly does CallSide AI do?

CallSide AI is a 24/7 AI receptionist for your business phone. It answers your calls day and night, asks the caller what they need, captures their name, number and appointment request, and sends the lead straight to you. AI website chat is available as an optional add-on for visitors who would rather type than call.

Is this an AI phone receptionist?

Yes — that is the main product. The AI receptionist answers your business phone line 24/7, speaks with the caller, and captures their details and appointment request. Website chat is a separate optional add-on that works on your website only; it does not take phone calls.

Does it replace my office staff or dispatcher?

It can replace much of the repetitive call-handling work for many businesses, or work alongside your existing team for after-hours, overflow, weekends and busy periods.

Can it quote pricing?

Yes, at a general level, using only pricing rules and information approved by your business.

Can it book confirmed appointments?

It helps callers and visitors request an appointment. Confirmed booking depends on an available, configured calendar integration.

Can it connect to my scheduling or dispatch software?

Works with email, your calendar and most CRMs.

What happens when it can't answer a question?

It lets the caller know their question will be passed along, and captures the enquiry for your team to follow up.

Can we approve and change its answers?

Yes — all answers are built from information your business reviews and approves.

How is it set up?

Your existing business number forwards to the AI receptionist — nothing is ported, and you can switch the forwarding off yourself. If you add website chat, it is a short snippet of code on your existing site.

What customer information does it collect?

Typically name, contact details, service needed, and preferred timing — only what's needed to follow up.

Will it sound robotic?

Callers are told at the start that they are speaking to an AI assistant, because pretending otherwise damages trust. You choose the name and voice and approve the script before it goes live, and if you don’t like how it sounds we change it.

What happens if it fails or goes down?

Calls reach the AI through forwarding rules that you control, so if anything goes wrong the fallback is the behaviour you already have today — the call follows the forwarding rules you already have, to your mobile or voicemail. We monitor the service and aim to respond to issues within one business day, and you can disable forwarding yourself at any time without waiting for us.

Am I locked into a contract?

No. Monthly plans are month to month and you can cancel any time. Your first month's subscription is covered by the 30-day money-back guarantee.

Who is behind CallSide AI?

CallSide AI is an independent company focused on one thing: AI reception for home-service businesses. We are not a reseller and we are not a large call centre — when you contact us you reach the people who actually build and run your setup. Read more about us.

How quickly can it be launched?

Most businesses are live within a few days of providing their business details.

Do you work with Australian businesses?

Yes. CallSide AI works with trade and home-service businesses in Australia. Your receptionist is set up around your own services, hours, suburbs and booking process, and calls are answered in your local time zone.

Are calls recorded?

Calls handled by the AI receptionist may be recorded and transcribed so summaries and lead details can be produced. Callers are told at the start of the call. Recording rules differ between Australian states, and we will set your greeting to match the disclosure your business needs.

Can it tell an emergency from a regular plumbing job?

It asks the questions you would ask — is water still running, is the shutoff closed, how many fixtures are affected — and marks the lead urgent based on the answers you approve in advance.

Will it quote a price for drain cleaning or a hot water system?

Only within the ranges you give it. If a job needs eyes on it, it says so and books the visit instead of guessing.

What happens to after-hours calls?

They are answered the same way as daytime calls. You get the summary immediately, and you decide whether it is worth rolling a truck tonight.

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