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Your estimate went out on Monday and the plot owner has four others.

Follow-up in turnkey construction is the chase between the site visit and the signed contract, a stretch that can run for months while an owner waits on a loan, a plan approval or his family. GullySales writes what gets said at each point, and when a file is closed with a reason.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What follow up systems means

A follow-up system is the set routine for calling, messaging or emailing an enquiry more than once, since most buyers do not decide on the first conversation. GullySales sets the number and timing of follow-ups so an undecided buyer keeps hearing from you until they decide either way.

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Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “An estimate sent without a conversation is just a number to be beaten”

    The owner is holding four rates per square foot and no way to tell what sits behind any of them. Ring and walk him through yours: what the specification covers, what it excludes, and what would change it. That call wins more contracts than a lower figure.

  • “Almost every owner is waiting on something, and it is not you”

    The loan sanction, the khata transfer, the plan approval, a brother in Dubai who has not sent his share. Write down what the delay actually is and set your next contact to it. Otherwise a serious owner is marked cold six months before he was ever going to sign.

  • “Whoever stands on the plot first sets the number everybody else argues with”

    A site visit request answered the same day lets you frame the rate, the timeline and the stages. Answer it on Thursday and you spend the rest of the conversation explaining why you are dearer than the man who went on Tuesday.

What we do

What we deliver for turnkey construction companies.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A same-day answer on every site visit request

    A named person responsible for booking the plot visit the day the enquiry lands, with the visit date confirmed in writing to the owner.

    Result: You are the first company standing on the plot.

  2. An estimate walkthrough call, not just an emailed PDF

    A scheduled call after the estimate goes out, with a written list of what the rate includes and excludes, so the owner can compare like with like.

    Result: Your number is understood instead of being read as the highest one.

  3. Next contact dated to the approval or the sanction

    A field recording what the owner is waiting on and when it is expected, used to schedule the follow-up rather than a generic reminder.

    Result: A long enquiry stays warm instead of being written off.

  4. A chase that reaches the whole decision group

    Updates written so they can be forwarded to a spouse, a father or a sibling abroad, since the person you met rarely decides alone.

    Result: Your case is made to the people who were not at the site.

  5. A stop rule with a recorded reason

    The point at which an enquiry is closed, with the reason noted: rate, timeline, postponed, went to a labour contractor, or no plan approval.

    Result: You learn whether you lose on rate or on the build programme.

  6. A separate rhythm for commercial enquiries

    A follow-up sequence for a business building a showroom or a shed, which moves on a board approval and a rent-free period rather than a family decision.

    Result: The commercial enquiry is worked on its own calendar.

How the result is measured

  • Follow-up completion rate
  • Average number of follow-ups before close
  • Enquiries closed after repeat follow-up

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Follow-up routine for turnkey builders

Each plot visit, estimate and owner waiting on a loan has a caller and a note on what is holding things up.

Plot visit requested
Confirm the visit date in writing and bring a short checklist of survey number, soil, access and approvals. Record the owner's budget, family size and timeline.
Estimate sent, no reply
Ring and walk the owner through what the rate covers and excludes. Record which items he thinks are missing and the rate he has from others.
Owner waiting for a loan sanction
Ask which bank, the stage of the file and the documents pending. Offer a drawing set the bank can use and ring on the date they expect the letter.
Plan approval or khata pending
Ask who is handling it, which office has the file and what is missing. Record the date and offer help with the drawings if needed.
Family disagreement on design
Offer to meet the whole family with the plan and the elevation, then record which changes were asked for. Update the estimate in writing.
Owner says next year
Ask what he is waiting for and note the date. Send a note when something relevant changes, and close the file if he asks to stop.

Who it is for

This is written for these turnkey construction companies.

  • Residential turnkey construction companies
  • Villa and independent house builders
  • Commercial fit-out and turnkey contractors
  • Structural design and build firms
  • Renovation and remodelling contractors
  • Industrial shed and warehouse builders
  • Multi-project turnkey developers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the follow up systems work runs

  1. 1

    Measure today's reply time

    From last month's enquiries, we measure how long each waited for a first reply and how many follow-ups it got.

  2. 2

    Agree targets and the sequence

    We set reply targets and the follow-up sequence with your team, based on its real hours and workload.

  3. 3

    Set up templates, tasks and ownership

    Templates, first-call questions, CRM tasks and named owners go live, with cover for leave and weekends.

  4. 4

    Track and adjust every month

    Reply time and follow-up completion are reported against the baseline, and the routine is changed where it is not kept.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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The owner said he will build next year. Do we keep following up?
Yes, but on his calendar. Record what he is waiting on and contact him when that changes, not every fortnight. A plot owner who hears from you when his plan approval is due remembers you. One who hears from you weekly stops answering.
How do we follow up without cutting our rate?
Move the conversation off the rate. Walk him through the specification, the stage payments and a completed house he can visit. An owner who cannot see what sits behind two numbers will always take the smaller one.
Should we keep a file open for an owner who says he will build later?
Yes, with a reason and a date, for example a loan or plan approval. Note it, ring around that point and close the file if nothing moves after a second call. Do not keep sending offers; an honest closure is better than a stale lead.
What do we say when another builder has quoted a lower rate?
Ask to compare the specifications line by line: cement brand, steel, flooring, electrical, plumbing and exclusions. Send a table of the differences. If the lower rate omits items, say so politely and let the owner decide.
How do you handle showing project photos without client permission issues?
We agree with each client upfront on what can be shown publicly, and only use photographs the client has approved.
Do you help with the actual construction or only the marketing?
Only the marketing and sales process. The design, estimation and construction remain entirely your team's responsibility.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.

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