Hayward Lumber

"I recently gave santa barbara haywards a unfair review, I'm adjusting my comments because its not fair what has happened to them over the last few years, all of us here in S.B. have been blown away by the fast pace of growth in our region, nobody has been able to keep up the pace. The S.B. yard was perfect for how things used to be, uncrowed, simple & inexpensive, but all that has changed, it appears we are in a race for self destruct by over development of what used to be a simple quiet community. So I apologize for my earlier comments to Haywards in S.B. & wish us all luck of surviving this population growth out of control!!!"

"If you need a high quality lumber, not the cheap stuff this is the place to go. You'll find professionals shopping their mainly contractors and such but they totally help the regular home project to do it yourself kind of guy. They helped me a lot for I didn't know exactly what I needed, they were informative and patient. A place to get the good stuff"

"They charged me $64 a sheet for 1/2" osb plywood which should be cheap roofing plywood. I originally went to ace but they were sold out of 1/2" and their 3/4" osb was $32/ea. So I went next door to hayward. Their prices aren't marked and you only find out only when you ring out. $233 for 2 pieces of 1/2" plywood and 5 2x4s. (I called them to ask maybe there was some mistake. They said they raised their prices due to covid. But they are double the cost of surrounding stores) Then when I sent my worker back to return the materials. They told me that even though we paid in cash they will only issue me a check for my $178 return. Any returns over $50 they only return checks. And they can either send it in the mail or let me pick it up in their office. And if I pick it up, it won't be ready until the next day! ... and now I have to wait a day to get the check and go out of my way to deposit it(plus a few days for bank processing) just to get returned the cash I spent on the spot."

"Way expensive. Very busy. Edit after the vendor reply: I'm impressed there was an answer. If you really want to know where you can improve, consider this: one of your products I considered was twice as expensive as at other places. Another product (a special order) would take more than a week to get (as told by a sales clerk). City Lumber had it delivered in 48 hours. For less money. Anyway, thanks for responding and all the best."

"The best place in town for getting what you need to build. The prices are pretty marked up but their quality is good. The whole staff there make getting in and out quickly. The sheer size of the place enables them to provide you with basically whatever you could need."