Cleaning businesses

Your clients call
while your hands
are full.

Joe answers your calls and texts 24/7. Captures every cleaning enquiry. Books the job while you are scrubbing, mopping or mowing. Built for Australian cleaning and property maintenance businesses.

24/7 Joe answers every call and text, day or night
Live demo line
Try Joe yourself.

Joe is answering as Sunshine Plumbing & Gas, a fictional business on the Sunshine Coast. Try her like a real customer would.

+61 485 067 607

No registration. Real Joe. Real responses.

The problem

Every missed call is a cleaning job that goes to someone else.

You are at a client's house, elbow-deep in an oven clean or halfway through a lawn. Your phone buzzes. You cannot answer it. By the time you call back, they have already booked someone else.

Cleaning and property maintenance is a fast-growing small business sector in Australia, and NDIS and aged care work is adding to the demand. More businesses also means more competition for every lead.

Solo cleaners and small crews miss a large share of their incoming calls, because you cannot answer a phone with your hands in an oven. Most callers do not leave a voicemail. They just move on.

You do not need more advertising. You need to catch the jobs already calling you.

40-60%
of inbound calls missed by sole operators and small crews on the tools
Industry benchmark, modelled scenario. Source: Trades Call Handling Benchmark, Valory AI, February 2026.
See Joe in action

Text like a customer. See what happens.

These are real scenarios cleaning businesses deal with every day. Try them on the demo line.

A · End of lease quote
"Hi, do you do end of lease cleaning? I need a quote for a 3-bed house."

Joe handles the enquiry, asks the right qualifying questions (bedrooms, bathrooms, condition), and captures the lead for you to quote.

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B · Regular booking
"I am looking for a cleaner to come fortnightly. Do you service Caloundra?"

Joe confirms the service area, asks about home size and any special requirements, and sets up a booking enquiry.

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C · After-hours enquiry
"We have an inspection in two days and need an urgent clean. Can you fit us in?"

Joe spots the urgency, captures the details, and pings your phone immediately so you can respond first thing in the morning.

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Built for cleaning businesses

Joe knows your services and handles the enquiries you actually get.

Common enquiries Joe handles

  • End of lease / bond cleaning
  • Regular residential cleaning
  • Commercial office cleaning
  • Carpet and upholstery cleaning
  • Window cleaning
  • Lawn mowing and garden maintenance
  • NDIS and aged care cleaning
  • Post-renovation cleaning

Cleaning and gardening was the second-fastest-growing small business sector in Australia in 2024. Demand is rising from time-poor households, NDIS funding, and aged care home support packages.

That means more people are looking for cleaners. But it also means more cleaners are competing for the same customers. The ones who answer first get the job.

Joe knows your services, your area, and your availability. When someone texts asking about an end-of-lease clean, Joe qualifies the job (bedrooms, bathrooms, condition) and captures everything you need to send a quote. All while you are at your current job.

ResidentialCommercialEnd of leaseNDISGarden & lawnsCarpet cleaning
What is included

Everything you need to never miss a cleaning job.

01

Dedicated AU mobile number

SMS and voice on a real Australian number. Use it on flyers, your car, your Google Business listing, Gumtree ads.

02

24/7 customer answering

Every text answered in seconds. Every call picked up. After-hours, weekends, holidays. No voicemail, no missed leads.

03

Job qualifying

Joe asks the right questions: how many rooms, what type of clean, any special requirements. You get a ready-to-quote lead, not a vague message.

04

Urgent job alerts

Inspection in two days? Bond clean needed ASAP? Joe spots urgency and pings your phone immediately.

05

Xero invoicing

Accepted quotes become draft invoices in Xero with one tap. Contact synced, GST handled.

06

One-tap MUTE

Talking to a customer directly? Text MUTE and their number. Joe steps back for 24 hours.

07

Full conversation log

Every text and call logged in your own Google Sheet. Nothing hidden, nothing locked behind a login.

08

Same-day setup

We onboard you ourselves. Your services, your area, your pricing. Direct line to the team that built it.

Pricing

Simple pricing. No lock-in.

There is no AI receptionist built for cleaners in Australia. Most generic ones cost a good deal more, and none of them draft your invoices.

First 30 days are on us if Joe doesn't earn her keep.

Run Workbench for a month. If Joe hasn't caught you at least one job you would have missed, tell us and you don't pay for that month. No forms, no argument.

Prices in AUD. GST not yet applicable. Pricing last updated 11 September 2026.

FAQ

The straight answers, for cleaners.

Can Joe quote a regular clean and a one-off?
She quotes from your own price list. You tell her your rates for regular, one-off, end-of-lease and extras, and Joe gives the caller a real number or, where a site visit is needed, books the visit. She never invents a price.
What about bond and end-of-lease cleans on short notice?
Joe is briefed to treat move-out dates as urgent. When someone needs a bond clean this week she takes the address, the date and the property size, then texts you straight away instead of leaving it in a log for later.
Will my customers know they are talking to AI?
If they ask, Joe says yes in the first sentence. She does not pretend to be a person. What customers notice is that the phone got answered while you were in someone's bathroom.
Do you service my area?
Australia-wide. Workbench is run from the Sunshine Coast and supports cleaning businesses in every state and territory. Your service includes a dedicated Australian mobile number for calls and texts.
Can Joe handle cancellations and reschedules?
Yes. She takes the change, confirms it in writing to the customer and texts you the update, so a shifted Tuesday clean does not turn into a wasted drive.
What does it cost and am I locked in?
$150 per month plus a $400 once-off setup, month-to-month, no lock-in, Xero invoicing included. If Joe has not caught you at least one job you would have missed in the first 30 days, you do not pay for that month.

Ready to stop missing cleaning jobs?

+61 485 050 078
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