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Contracting & remodelling

AI lead and estimate systems for Toronto contractors and remodellers

For a contractor or remodeller, a revenue recovery system responds to new project enquiries, qualifies fit, books consultations, presents approved financing paths and follows up on open estimates. Makavele builds it around the tools the business already uses.

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Step 01

Responds

Acknowledges calls, forms and paid-lead enquiries quickly, including when the team is on site.

Context recordedNext step clear
Designed around your rulesHuman handoff includedOutcome written to CRM

A good project lead still needs a clear next step.

Qualify project fit, arrange the consultation, present approved financing paths and follow open estimates.

Estimate your missed opportunity
32%

of construction calls reached a person

Invoca construction benchmarks, July 2026

Invoca platform average for construction. It is not a remodelling-only or Canadian market estimate. Conversion can include appointments or quote requests, not only sales. Not Makavele results.

The project looked promising. Then the follow-up went quiet.

Contractors rarely need more low-intent form fills. They need a reliable way to separate real projects from poor-fit enquiries, respond while interest is high, book the site visit and keep a considered estimate moving without making the customer feel chased. Financing can help at the decision point, but only when it is presented clearly and handed to an approved lender rather than improvised by an agent.

What one recovered opportunity can mean

$30,944average Canadian kitchen-renovation cost reported by HomeStars

One recovered kitchen project at this consumer-market reference value represents roughly thirty thousand dollars of booked work before project costs and margin.

HomeStars Canadian kitchen cost guide · updated August 2026 ↗Market reference, not a promised result. Your job mix, close rate, capacity and gross margin determine the actual value.Model your own numbers

What the research says about contractors and remodellers

75%

faster responses reported after an AI SMS qualification agent was introduced

Hatch customer story: anonymous US window-and-door provider (vendor-published, not Makavele work)
58 hrs

of weekly human work the same remodelling contact centre reported saving

Hatch customer story: anonymous US window-and-door provider (vendor-published, not a typical result)
7×

more likely to qualify an enquiry contacted within an hour than one contacted an hour later

HBR, "The Short Life of Online Sales Leads," 2011

The remodelling figures come from one Hatch customer story and describe that customer's operation; they are not an industry average or a Makavele result. The response-time figure is older cross-industry research and is used directionally.

Where Ontario actually stands

9.2%of Ontario businesses with 5–19 employees used AI in the past year — against 29.1% of those with 20–99.
Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, Q2 2026 (n=9,251)

That gap is the whole opportunity. It isn't a cost problem either — asked what's stopping them, the largest group of Ontario businesses (38.3%) say AI simply isn't relevant to what they do. Cost ranks third. Relevance is a scoping problem, and scoping is the job.

Questions contractors and remodellers ask

Can the agent price a renovation or contracting project?

It should not invent a project price. It can collect scope, present approved ranges where you have them and book the consultation or site visit needed for a real estimate.

Can it help customers understand financing?

It can explain the approved options and send the correct application path. It does not make lending decisions, guarantee approval or improvise financial advice.

Will it work with our CRM or project-management system?

We confirm the actual system and its API or webhook support during the audit. The goal is to write qualified enquiry and appointment context into the system your team already uses, not create another inbox.

What makes a contracting lead qualified?

That definition is set with you. Common inputs include service area, project type, budget range, decision timing, property ownership and whether the requested work matches your crew and margin requirements.

Start with a conversation

Find the revenue
you’re leaving behind.

We’ll look at your customer journey and find the first gap worth closing.

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