Albany Habitat ReStore — Local services in Albany

I love shopping at all the habitat restore stores in the local areas. The Albany store has a nice layout with aisleways that are wide and easy to maneuver through for the most part. The sinks and cabinets area is a little tighter to get through but well worth checking out if you need anything from those areas.

I was however rather disappointed by their outdoor setup. It appears as though you can only access it through an outside gate and while a number of the items appear for sale none of them have any prices on them. It's really difficult to determine what's what in the outside yard. I think it would really benefit them if they were to do a better job of marking things or making it clearer what the prices were on the outdoor items. You think you can tell what's not for sale because it has areas with signs that say "employees only" but other than that it appears you have to ask an employee. Problem is there weren't any employees to ask the prices of things and you can't walk directly from the outside area to the inside area with an item to find out it's price.

It definitely stopped me from possibly buying a couple of items because I didn't want to go back inside after I'd already bought things from there to find out the price of something. I figured if they were still there next time I'd ask about them but for now I was done shopping...

First time at this Restore location, the store sells items donated to them. So if you are looking for something, you may or may not hit the jackpot, it depends on the donations. My son was looking for tools, but didn't find what he wanted there today, but plans on visiting this location again. There were plenty of screwdrivers and nails, mirrors and some chairs among other items for sale. I use a walker, so I look to see how easy the aisles are to navigate, they were nice and wide, with arrows for direction marked on the floor. However, I pretty much stuck to the front of the store as I found something I definitely wanted to buy for one of my grandchildren, a wooden rocking horse! I guarded it so others couldn't buy it until my son could carry it to the check out for me! Something to know, at this Restore location you have to load and unload your stuff yourself. Other Restore locations will help you. Prices were pretty fair,...

Not 1 person affiliated with this store has a clue, no knowledge of comparing products. They will price the bottom of the barrel quality product with a top of the line product. Or price a 15 SF box of something with a 25 SF box to come up with a price. Giving both the same price. Even with a calculator no one can do simple math at this store. Will never step inside again. I wasn't even interested in an item anymore but went back to show them their errors and explain what was going on. They refused any logic or common sense. 1 star is too many. This is what happens when you take someone off the street and ask them to do a job when they have no knowledge or experience in the field or capability to learn it. The persons posting great reviews, likely suffering from no knowledge of the building and building supplies Industry or comparing quality...