Hailey Salvage & Building Material

They are ALWAYS OVERPRICED. Variably priced based on male versus female +. Women ALWAYS get a higher price. THEY WILL NEVER NEGOTIATE. So forget that. The lady, Vera? can be SUPER NASTY some days. Tried to buy security doors for my 72 yr old Mom’s house, they wanted $ 200 for a no glass, no lock door, that has been sitting in the rain rusting for years??? RIDICULOUS A new door from Home Depot Grisham Black Prehung Guardian Steel Security Door is $ 279. They are not trying to sell anything. They have tons of house salvage building materials, but they seem to be more like JUNK PEOPLE and HOARDERS, STOCK PILING items and trying to rob you based who knows what?! jkhunter .com Celebrity Makeup Artist!

I give them 2 stars instead of 1 only because they have great stuff that’s fun to look at. That’s about as far as it gets though. After spending an hour digging through their junk to find what I needed I was shocked at the cost they wanted. I found the same stuff brand new for cheaper. I was also shocked that they didn’t have any interest in any of the salvage items pulled from my remodel. It seems like they have what they have and they don’t want it to move. Big waste of time and money.

Fun place to waste time BUT forget buying anything… way over priced for junk that you seriously hurt yourself crawling over stuff to dig out. Found a dirty painting in the floor behind a fridge in a real junk pile; someone started it and lost interest. The canvas had a tear and the wood stretcher was broken. You can buy this canvas new, on a sell day, for $ 6.oo. i offered her $ 10. she wanted $ 25. then she removed it from my hands as if it was a Picasso. I wanted to laugh… i think she should have paid me a finders fee for rescuing the poor thing. They wanted $ 135. for a dirty used pet cage on rollers… overstock had it for $ 10. less with free shipping. Found some dirty tile in a dirty torn box they wanted more than home depot… so i called home d and ordered it as I sat in their parking lot. This was once a great place. I have fond memories and purchased many treasures there but today was it for me… not going back. Not wasting gas. Soooo sad… was once in love but it is time to part ways. However, this is a good location for a salvage store, maybe someone who actually wants to sell some thing will open one up! Say a prayer.

Like the others said. This is an awesome salvage yard. They truly have a little bit of everything and there are some real treasures to be found. Then why only two stars, you may ask? Well, apparently, they don’t want to actually sell any of it. Nothing is priced, so you have to take it to the front to be priced by the owner. I carried a mirror I found to the front and before I could even get a price another gentleman was rushing back into the back and the owner said «sorry, that goes with a dresser». I said I didn’t see a dresser near it to which he replied that it was in another part of the yard. When I asked about the price of the dresser he said it was $ 350. I then asked about an old wheelbarrow I had found with a flat tire. I had seen a similar one at Home Depot, brand new for $ 85, but didn’t mind replacing the tubes to save a few bucks. The owner said it was $ 100! I asked if he was kidding and said they are $ 85 new. He said «it’s worth, $ 150».
It’s a shame, because the selection at this place is great, you just can’t buy anything.

only for the true digger…
They have far too much, by any standard, completely worthless junk here. More perplexing, the junk is somewhat organized. You guys may want to spend some of the time you spend sorting, hmm I don’t know hundreds of non-​functioning major applicances from the 80s, and hauling them to the dump so someone can actually see the useful merchandise.

Hailey’s has a great inventory of almost every type of salvaged building material you may want, but their prices are likely the reason I have watched some of my favorite pieces sit there year after year. Nothing is marked with a price, so there is the potential to negotiate. Whenever I found something I liked, the price would be insanely high, so a negotiation was pointless. For example, $ 150 for a single, craftsman-​type column that needed considerable repair due to wood rot. Or $ 175 for a simple door (no carvings or detail work) that was missing its glass and also had some rot. Maybe I’m just cheap or have different expectations for the price structure at a salvage yard, but the prices here don’t really make it a good value for what you’re getting. If pricing weren’t an issue, I’d give this place 5 stars.

Put your gloves on and dig in. There is plenty to see here. They aren’t giving it away but if you need to match trim, doors or just about anything else in an older home, you just may find it here but be prepared to do some digging. Really nice folks who work here too.

Hailey’s is a true «salvage» place. There are many other places in Nashville with salvage in the name, but it’s not real salvage or any cheaper than anywhere else. At Hailey’s you can find building materials that have obviously been salvaged from demolitions and renovations. This would be the perfect place to go if you’re renovating an older home and you want to replace or re-​introduce vintage fixtures.
They have everything from sinks to light fixtures to storm doors and many other nick nacks. The most incredible things available are clawfoot tubs, of which there are rows outside, vintage sinks, and ornate mantlepieces and iron fireplaces surrounds. I saw one gorgeous wooden mantlepiece in perfectly good condition that could be stripped and mounted with very little trouble and expense.
Hailey’s doesn’t have prices on anything, but it works this way: look around, find something you like, and then ask how much they want for it. I would make this a first stop if you’re renovating before you buy an expensive reproduction.