Contractors and home services: share estimate visit times
Homeowners usually text. Many trade businesses do not want to push every lead through an online booking widget — especially for estimates that need a phone screen first.
If job schedule and travel live on Google Calendar, generate free windows, paste into SMS, and confirm. You still create the job in your field software afterward.
Example text to a homeowner
Example only — sample times, not live calendar data.
I can swing by for the estimate. Here's my upcoming availability (PST): Thu (10/2): 9-11am, 1-3pm Fri (10/3): 10am-12pm Mon (10/6): 8-10am, 2-4pm Visits usually take 30–45 minutes. Text me a window and your gate code if needed.
Get your availability for home services as text in 30 seconds – free with Google
Connect your calendar, generate pasteable free times, and reply in the same thread.
Free · Read-only calendar access
Practical tips
- 1
Block drive time between jobs
Otherwise the generator will offer back-to-back visits across town.
- 2
Offer morning/afternoon buckets
Homeowners often think in halves of the day; you can still paste exact windows.
- 3
Keep emergency slots off the list
Hold triage capacity as busy so routine estimates do not consume it.
Frequently asked questions
Can customers book and pay a deposit here?
No payments. It only produces availability text.
Does it replace ServiceTitan or Jobber?
No. Use those for dispatch; use this when coordinating over text.
What about crews with multiple techs?
Generate from the tech's calendar who will attend, or from a shared dispatch calendar.
Ready for your real calendar?
Generate pasteable availability for home services from Google Calendar in about ten seconds.
Free · Read-only calendar access