Roofing work runs on the weather. When it's fine, you're up on a roof and not answering the phone. When a storm rolls through, in a single day you hear from people with leaking roofs, torn-off gutters and slipped tiles. Enquiries come by phone, text, Messenger and email, often with a blurry photo and no address. And the roof inspection you promised a month ago is easily forgotten.
Homeearly helps you cope with the rush. Every enquiry has its place, a site visit becomes a quote, a quote becomes a job and a job becomes an invoice. You have all of it on your phone, even when you're standing on the scaffolding.
Your own website, no developer needed
No website? Create one in the admin in a few minutes from details already in the system. It runs free at homeearly.eu/firma/your-business, with a design adapted to your trade, services with prices and photos, a gallery of finished roofs, a map and contact details. Terms and conditions and a GDPR notice are generated for you. The price list starts with ready-made items such as roof repair, gutter replacement, new roof covering and roof inspection.
Customers click "Enquire", describe the problem, attach a photo and see which days you have free. You get a notification on your phone. More under business website.
Already have a website? Add the form with one snippet
An established business doesn't need to change anything on its site. Embed the enquiry form with one snippet of code, or add the link to your Google profile and Facebook page, where people tend to look for a roofer after a storm. If customers write to you by email, connecting your business mailbox means their messages are offered as enquiries to approve. Newsletters and auto-replies are filtered out and the mailbox stays as it was. An enquiry you took on the phone while up on a roof can simply be dictated once you're back down, and the system fills in the name, number, address and date.
Features that earn their keep on a roof
- Quotes approved online. After the inspection you send a quote, the customer confirms it, and one click turns it into a job.
- Field mode on your phone: navigation to the address, photos before and after the repair, notes and the customer's signature on screen. It works without signal, too.
- Materials and stock. Tiles, sheet metal, gutters and fixings logged against the job, so you know what you have and what to order.
- Travel costs as a flat fee or per kilometre, including parking and tolls.
- Resources and team. Vans, scaffolding or a lift as resources in the calendar, so two jobs never clash.
- Date reminders. After a repair, set a reminder for a regular roof check and the system gets in touch with the customer for you.
- Signed handover protocol and an invoice with QR payment as soon as the work is finished.
What the week after a storm might look like
An illustrative scenario: a storm passes overnight, and in the morning the Today overview shows several new enquiries from the website and email, some with photos. You sort them by address and urgency, drag the urgent repairs into the next few days in the calendar and offer the rest a date for an inspection. On the roof you photograph the damage, jot down notes and send the quote the same day. Once approved, the job appears in the calendar and you assign sheet metal and gutters from stock. After the repair you photograph the result, the customer signs the handover protocol and receives an invoice with a QR code by email. When the payment arrives it's matched automatically; if it doesn't, a reminder goes out.
In short
Even at the height of the season, no enquiry gets lost. You save time on quotes and invoices, keep track of materials and get paid sooner, while customers see a reliable business from the very first message. Details on the Homeearly for roofers page.
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