Truganina is different from the other western suburbs. You have got this massive industrial area with warehouses and factories on one side, and then brand new residential estates on the other. If you are a plumber here, you are doing commercial fit-outs in the morning and fixing someone's hot water in the afternoon.
That mix is great for business but terrible for answering the phone. When you are on a commercial job — running pipe through a warehouse ceiling, fitting out a factory toilet block — you can not just stop and take a call. And the residential customers are not going to wait. They will call someone else.
Vareoz handles both worlds. Commercial client calls about a fit-out? AI takes the details, checks your schedule, books the site visit. Homeowner calls about a blocked drain? Same thing. Two different types of work, both handled properly, both booked into your calendar while you keep working.
A warehouse plumbing fit-out can be a full day or more. You are up a ladder, on a scaffold, inside a ceiling. Phone is not even on your mind. But residential calls are still coming in.
Factory managers expect a different conversation than a homeowner. But they are all calling the same number and both expect someone to answer.
Warehouses have plumbing emergencies too. Burst pipe flooding stock at 7pm. If you do not answer, the business calls someone else and that is a $1,000+ job gone.
Ali has been plumbing in Truganina for 5 years. He does a mix — commercial work for the industrial estates during the week, residential on weekends and gaps between bigger jobs. Good setup, but managing the phone was driving him mad.
"I would be on a scaffold doing pipe work in a warehouse and my phone buzzes 4 times. Get down an hour later, 3 missed calls from homeowners and one from a factory manager who needed urgent work. All of them called someone else by then."
His brother-in-law was using Vareoz for his electrical business and told Ali to try it. "I said what is an AI going to know about my business? He said just put in your services and let it do its thing."
Ali set it up with two categories — commercial services and residential services. The AI handles both. Factory manager calls about a toilet block install? AI books a site inspection. Homeowner calls about a leaking shower? AI books a 1-hour visit.
"In the first month, the AI booked 7 residential jobs that I would have completely missed. Those were all calls that came in while I was on commercial sites. That is almost $2,000 I would have lost. Now I lose nothing."
Set up different service categories with different durations and pricing. AI knows the difference between a factory fit-out consultation and a home plumbing repair.
Factory managers call once. If nobody answers, they call the next plumber on their contractor list. AI makes sure you are always the one who answers.
Warehouse flood at 8pm? AI picks up, identifies the emergency, and either books an urgent visit or transfers to your mobile with full context.
Commercial job Monday to Wednesday, residential Thursday and Friday? AI schedules around your existing commitments so nothing overlaps.
Before
11/week
After Vareoz
0
Before
Lost during commercial
After Vareoz
7+/month
Before
$0
After Vareoz
$2,100+/month
Before
1 hour/day
After Vareoz
15 min/day
I was losing all my residential work while doing commercial jobs. Now the AI catches every call no matter what I am doing. Seven extra jobs in the first month. My brother-in-law was right — best thing I have done for the business.
Ali H.
AH Plumbing, Truganina
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