For fence builders
The best AI receptionist
for fence builders.
Quotes go to whoever responds first.
A Saturday morning, told straight
Three fence quotes goes to whoever picks up first. That isn't you when you're digging post holes.
A homeowner just bought 80 feet of property line that needs a fence. Their neighbour pointed at three fence companies. They're calling all three for quotes today.
You're digging post holes for last week's job. Phone in the truck. Two of the three companies pick up. They quote on the spot or book a measure for tomorrow. You return to your truck at lunch and find a voicemail. You call back. They've already chosen.
Foan picks up in two seconds, sounds like a calm dispatcher. Asks for the address, what they're fencing (front, back, both, livestock, dog), what material (wood, vinyl, chain-link), rough length, when they want it built. Quotes a per-foot ballpark from your standard rates if you've shared them. Books a measure visit for the week ahead.
Fence quoting is a known race. The customer rings a few. The company with the cleanest first conversation usually wins, even at slightly higher prices. Foan handles that first conversation cleanly every time.
A typical fence builder fields 4-8 enquiries a week, average ticket £3,000-£8,000 for a residential job. Even one extra job a month from picking up calls you currently miss is more than 100x what Foan costs.
Same pattern works for residential fencing, livestock fencing, commercial perimeters, and gate installs.
The maths for a fence builder
Capture three missed calls a month at £9k and you've recovered £324k a year.
Average ticket for fence builders: £3k to £15k. Foan costs less than one missed call a year.
Avg ticket
£9k
Per month
£27k
Per year
£324k
When the phone rings, you can't answer.
Three quotes goes to whoever picks up first. We always do.
Foan answers every line at once.
Unlimited simultaneous calls. Ten callers at the same time, ten conversations. Your number is never busy.
What Foan does on a typical fence builder call
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Picks up on the first ring, even when you're with another customer.
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Captures their name, phone number, and exactly what they're calling about, read back to confirm.
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Texts you a summary the second the call ends — or emails it, your pick. Call back while they're still warm.
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Books appointments straight into your calendar (Calendly or Google Calendar).
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Sounds like a real receptionist, not a robot. Trained on your website, your services, your prices.
Works with the software fence builders already run on
Speaks fence builders' language. Plugs into your stack.
Foan reads your live diary, books straight in, and writes the outcome back. No spreadsheets in the middle, no tabs left open at the end of the day.
Connect the rest of your stack
Foan plugs into the systems you already run on. The agent reads your live data, books, and writes the result back. No spreadsheets in the middle.
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Fence builder + Jobber
UK / Canada / AU's favourite tool for indie trades. Agent quotes, books the visit, captures the deposit, raises the work order.
Fence builder + Housecall Pro
US small-business FSM. Agent books the visit, captures the address, fires the dispatch text to your tech.
Fence builder + simPRO
UK + AU mid-market FSM. Agent creates the job, schedules around your team's availability, attaches caller notes for the technician.
Fence builder + ServiceM8
For sole-trader and small-team trades. Agent captures the job + address, drops it in your ServiceM8 inbox.
Fence builder + Stripe
Take payments on the call. Send a Stripe link, check invoice status, handle billing questions.
Run the numbers
Curious what missed calls actually cost you?
Plug your average ticket and missed-call rate into the calculator. Most fence builders pay for Foan with the first three captured calls of the month.
Open the missed-call calculatorTry Foan on your own business in 60 seconds.
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