Compared to the ACE store at Gloucester Crossing, the employees here are rocket scientists. Helpful…read moreand knowledgable, at the least the women I've dealt with, are responsive and notice if you're trying to look for something. The men tend not to. Forget ACE, forget Building Center, come here.

Great selection, fair prices and customer service that is helpful and overall the best!!read more

Just wanted to let you guys know this place is great. They have so many things. I am a Hamilton…read moreresident for over 40 years. I have seen this hardware go from one place to another, its current status is the best it's ever been. They offer incredible value and service on small gas engines. I have purchased a chainsaw, a Weedwhacker, and a blower from them, they have all been great. They are STIHL products, compared to other local small gas engine companies, this has been the best value. They recently fixed my pull start for $25. Where else can you have somebody work on your stuff for $25? I'm very grateful to have the store only a few miles from my house. They have a convenient section of common wood and other things that contractors may need locally so they do not have to go to the big box stores. On one occasion, I purchased a vacuum. And they price match the vacuum to Walmart which I thought was pretty good. Keep up the great work, We are very grateful to have you here in our neighborhood.

Friendly helpful store with the best wood sign on Charles Street! This store has everythingread more

This is not just the best hardware store ever, but maybe the store ever! They are SO kind. So…read morehelpful. And have everything you need.

I shop here all the time and the employees have never been anything less than completely helpful…read more Great selection and the quality of the lumber is orders of magnitude better than anything you'll find at HD or Lowes. Prices are a little higher than the big box stores, but to me the quality is worth it - saves me an hour round trip drive to Peabody, and I'm happy that my money is supporting a local business that's been part of the Cape Ann community for years.

What are you guys, nuts? First off Ben T. from San Francisco: Over here you actually pay more for…read moresurliness in the older employees. It's like a luxury tax. And how in God's name would you know you were in New England, otherwise. And Allison S, Seriously? Home Despot? Yeah, cheaper sometimes. More stuff there, true. But help? Come on. You can get people in orange aprons to ask you if you're being helped. And then they help you by wandering around for 45 minutes looking for the one person in the store who knows ANYTHING and can help you. Local lumber stores are pros. Sometimes surly. But there's a reason builders use them instead of Depot and Lowes.

Might consider posting on your website that the store is in total disarray due to some sort of…read moreThree Stooges inspired remodeling project. The aisles are gone and the store is missing any sort of logical sense of order. Even the poor staff, if asked, don't know exactly where anything is. 07-17-2025 Still my favorite HW store though.

Always get help, service is excellent, happy motivated employees. Pretty good selection. Prices…read morefair. Bonus: They share a parking lot with a brewery. My wife does not me go there unaccompanied: she likes a pint after shopping, too.

So they actually didn't have what I was looking for. So why four stars?…read moreBecause Ken Monroe, Millwork guy there helped me find what I needed elsewhere. Old school helpful. And the kind of service that means from now on I'll be buying every gallon of paint, every 'honeydo' bolt, every bag of grass seed (which I will immediately kill) from the Building Center. Seriously, every business needs more guys like Ken.

ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE!! WARNING Do not buy anything here. They oversell and use deceptive practices…read moreand they do not stand behind their products. Replacement cabinets came in the same or worse condition. Damaged cabinets, separating paint, dents, peeling paint. Stay as far away from The Building Center as possible.

Awesome family and family business. So refreshing and personal unlike those big Orange companies…read more Dana and his team are attentive and caring and they want to make your home project the very best. Thank you GBS!

My husband and I purchased our first home together in February and decided we wanted to redo the…read morepatio. The entire Georgetown Building Supply team went above and beyond with making sure our dreams came true. Donna put up with my constant indecisiveness with a smile and gave great design advice when I was clueless. Everything we needed we had right on time. I will definitely be recommending GBS to everyone in the area!

Save yourself a headache and go anywhere but here. The employees are not helpful or courteous…read more Snarky employees and clueless. I went in after being sent there by Timberline on a search for deck paint. I wasn't certain what kind of paint I needed but thought I needed oil based paint and was informed by the employee at the paint counter that Ace does not carry any oil based paint only acrylic. I explained that I had a very old deck and needed to cover the old pressure treated wood that was being scraped and repainted. After being ignored, then passed over to a new employee since it was his lunch break, the paint attendant employee sold me stain along with rollers and paint liners - staining an old deck is not appropriate and would not had enough coverage. I went home and was immediately told by my partner that the stain would not work and that we needed something with a primer included. Given I have not opened the can of paint I thought I may be able to return it and get the right stuff which was absolutely not allowed apparently. When I went back in to talk to Ace in Gloucester to try to rectify the situation I was greeted with clueless employees who called the team leader up to the counter who called the paint department who called up another woman. How can a team leader, store manager, department manager not be able to assist and also say that the stain was the correct deck paint? I bet if I were a man they would not have been so patronizing and rude. After explaining the situation to 5 people, I left the unopened can of $55 stain, my receipt with them and left the store and I will never go back to this Ace Hardware. What a shock since I have been shopping at Ace for many many years just not the one in Gloucester. They are horrible. Now I am back online trying to figure out what kind of paint I need to for the old deck - is Hometown Ace a Hardware store? Shame on this store manager - If this review does get read by an owner please please focus on training your employees correctly and tell your employees to hold the snarky.

Always helpful and friendly! Special order under mount bulbs for cabinet lights and then hand…read moredeliver to my house? No problem! Build a grill to order and deliver it to my deck? No problem! Take returns with push back? No problem! I wish every store was this friendly and professional!

Brick and mortar. Shop local. Support small business. Sounds reasonable to me so instead of…read moreordering what I needed on-line, I waited untill after the Holliday and cycled over to Kelly's, the only hardware store that we have left in this town. I walked in and saw that both people stationed at the front of the store to greet and assist customers were both on their phones. I went to look for my item and couldn't find it. I went back to seek help but they were both on their phones. I went back and seared through other isles and departments. Nothing. I went back to the front of the store to ask for help. They were still both in their phones. So I left. Jeff Bezose is goig to have it in my hands tomorrow. I would already have it but i foolishly chose to shop local.

At Kelly's you are consistently met by a group of men gabbing and slow to help. Most have generally…read morebad attitudes and are even sometimes rude. And if you ever have to return an item you are met with resistance and distain. This attitude has been consistent for years and though people come and go this treatment remains. Poor customer service must come from the top down.

Love this place. A real local hardware store rather than those big box stores. If you want advice,…read morethese are the folks to ask

Best hardware store on the planet. Be prepared to spend extra time just wandering the isles.read more