This Home Depot USED to be heads above Lowe's in Lawrenceburg and was probably the best home improvement store in Southwest Ohio/Southeast Indiana.
As late as last Summer is was neat, well stocked and reasonably staffed.
The key words here are USED to be!
We were in the store on the 3rd of July, of 2019 and it was a totally different story. There were very few employees in the store, so it was hard to find anyone to assist you. Granted it was the day before the fourth, but there were a lot of people in the store and no help available, and stock looked like it hadn't been touched in days.
The aisles were jammed with stock that looked like it had been totally abandoned. You couldn't walk through with a cart!
Not just one aisle, but numerous aisles!
When I asked one employee if they had white pine 1x10x48s, he had no idea whether they had them or not, and he wasn't sure what I was talking about.
When I did find the part of the lumber section I wanted, I found the worst quality of lumber I have seen in years...warped, split, and much of it was mold covered as if it had been stored outside!!!
There was no one in the tool section of whom to ask questions when I went looking for a coping saw (there were none!).
In the hardware section there were no plastic bags in which to put bolts, Wing nuts or washers and no pens with which to write prices or skew #s.
When I went to the other aisle in hardware, looking for gate handles, all of the stock was mixed...brass handles with aluminum, 4" with 6", and black with unfinished...and empty bags where handles had been.
And unless you went to self checkout, there was only ONE attended checkout lane in the entire store!!! The poor cashier had to look up every hardware item in a sizing book to get the price. I really felt bad for her.
People were waiting for an unreasonable period.
If you need to go a Home Depot Store in the Ohio/Indiana/Northern Kentucky area, go to the Home Depot in Florence, Kentucky...
Well staffed, well stocked and a lot more air conditioned.
I've always been a loyal Home Depot fan, but something has changed!
Something is really wrong!
If you really want a great place for your home DIY/tool/lumber and hardware needs, go to the new Menard's in Florence, they are eating the other big two home improvement stores for lunch.
Better selection, better quality of lumber (!), nice outdoor furniture section, knowledgeable and FRIENDLY staff, fully air conditioned, short checkout lines, AND, they sell model train stuff!
We were blown away by the difference! read more