You're paid to be a decorator, not a receptionist stuck on the phone. Poppy answers 100% of your calls. Which means more quotes booked in, your diary filled and more money banked.
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You've heard of AI doing amazing things, but you didn't think it could mean your business could utilise it to make more money and make your life easier? Well here's how.
You're on your latest job, up and down ladders... but your phone keeps going off all day. Calls that could be a new client. Someone needing a quote. You don't answer because you're up a ladder, and they call someone else. That missing job is what we stop. Poppy has access to your availability and will answer calls, book in people wanting quotes, and deal with all your calls all day long. Leaving you to get on with the job in peace.
Think of it this way... Poppy talks just like a human would, she understands your business, and then she gets to work 24/7. No sick days. It's like having an employee but for way less cost.
A real call, unedited. Dave Thompson rings Davies Decorators to book a quote. Watch how Poppy handles it from "hello" to "goodbye".
A typical lounge plus hall, stairs and landing in a UK 3-bed comes in at £800 to £1,500. That's what the call you just heard was worth, minimum. So what happens if you don't pick up?
One job pays for Poppy for an entire year. Miss one of these calls a month and you've burned through more than £10,000 of work in a year. Most painters miss one a week.
Sources: Checkatrade and MyBuilder average quotes for interior decoration in UK 3-bed properties, 2025.
You can't expect to be three coats deep on a feature wall and effectively manage quote enquiries and customer follow-ups at the same time. So Poppy answers the call whilst you finish the work and earn the money.
You're trying to focus on the task at hand and your phone is ringing all day long. You can't expect to effectively manage new quote enquiries and deal with existing customers and manage the admin on top of the job.
Buyer's surveyor flags peeling paint before sale completion. Landlord needs flat repainted between tenants this weekend. Whole-house quote enquiry comes in at 7pm. Industry data: nearly 4 in 5 callers hang up before voicemail kicks in. Every one of those is a £500+ job gone to the next decorator on Google.
You can't take a phone call when you're cutting in on a ceiling or three coats into a feature wall. The phone rings, you can't answer. Phone goes to voicemail. Job goes to the next decorator.
"How much per room?" "Do you do wallpapering?" "Are you PDA registered?" "Can you do exteriors?" Same questions, same answers, all day long. Each one stops you actually doing the work.
Built around how decorators actually work. You stay on the job. Poppy handles the rest.
Poppy listens for the words that matter (urgent, sale completion, before tenants move in, deadline, asap) and routes the call live to your mobile. Out-of-hours, mid-coat, doesn't matter. The high-priority calls always get through.
Tell Poppy your typical rates for single rooms, full houses, exteriors, wallpapering, ceiling repaints, day rates. She quotes them on every call. No more "I'll have to check and call you back."
Single-room repaints, whole houses, exteriors, wallpapering, touch-ups. Poppy checks your diary and books quote visits whilst the customer's still on the call. Sends confirmation by text. No follow-ups needed.
Pull up at the next job, check your phone. Poppy's already sent you the summary, postcode, rooms involved, budget and any inspiration photos the customer texted in. You're up to speed before you knock.
On your 15-minute setup call we capture everything Poppy needs to know about your business - your specialities (interior, exterior, wallpapering, spray finishes), service areas, day rates and the kinds of jobs you take on. Then we build her bespoke for your business and she's answering your phone within 48 hours.
You're already losing jobs to voicemail. Don't lose another week setting up complicated software.
Pop in your website URL or Google Business Profile. Poppy reads it and learns your services, prices, areas covered and registration numbers automatically. No website? We'll build you one for £99.
Tell Poppy what counts as urgent (sale-completion deadlines, end-of-tenancy turnarounds, last-minute event prep), your rates for the main jobs, and how to reach you when you're on a brush. Test her with a fake call to make sure she sounds right.
Forward your business number to Poppy when you're busy or out-of-hours. Get every call summary by text and email the moment the customer hangs up.
20 calls a day. Roughly 4 minutes each. That's 80 minutes you spend on the phone instead of on the brush, every single working day. Here's what that costs you over a year, and what Poppy gives back.
20 calls multiplied by 4 minutes average. The phone tax on every single working day, every year.
Poppy handles 90% of your call workload. Totalled up, that's seven full working weeks back on the brush, or back at home with the family.
Just two missed quotes a week recovered, at £500+ ticket value each. Easily pays for Poppy ten times over.
The shift in plain English: You stop trying to be two people. You go back to being one thing, the decorator who does the work. The phone keeps ringing. Poppy keeps answering. You keep working, keep earning, keep your evenings.
A handful of recovered quotes a month and Poppy's paid for itself many times over. Cancel anytime, no contracts.
For sole traders just getting back the calls they're missing.
For busy decorators who need quotes booked, transfers and urgent customer routing.
For multi-team operations. Bespoke onboarding by the founder.
Two paths, depending on whether you're flying solo or running a decorating firm. We've done the thinking so you can pick in 10 seconds.
You're a jobbing decorator. Maybe you do interiors, exteriors, the odd wallpapering job. Most weeks you're juggling 2 or 3 active jobs and another 5 to 10 quote enquiries that ring whilst you're up a ladder cutting in.
You're running a decorating firm. Senior decorators, apprentices, paperhangers, maybe subbies. Three or four jobs running at once, plus a queue of quotes you can't get to. The office phone never stops and your time disappears managing it.
Somewhere in between? One mate helping you out, occasional subbie, picking up the odd big job? Start on Starter at £79/month with 250 minutes. Upgrade any time, no contracts. The 7-day trial doesn't even need a card.
Everything painters and decorators actually want to know before trying Poppy.
Join the UK decorators letting Poppy handle the phone whilst they finish the work, take more quotes and pocket more deposits.
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