Ace Congdon’s Hardware

This is the go-​to place for professional contractors as well as DIY amateurs – for keys, for cutting panes of glass, for home repairs, for servicing lawnmowers, snowblowers and more. Unlike Home Depot, you will get immediate, helpful, professional assistance.

I am so glad downtown Ypsilanti has this place. I try as much as I can to go there for my hardware needs. Anytime I need batteries, keys made or just random odd things, I go there.

Want to buy just 1 screw or a couple a bolts? You still can at Congdon’s ACE Hardware in downtown Ypsilanti. They have all the old fashion bins and they treat you just as nice if you are buying 1 or 100.
They even will help you AND be nice about it, even if all you know is that, «I need a thing that looks kinda like this and goes on the back of a big thing that attaches the part of a thing that looks like that … … do you know what I mean?»
Lots of local construction businesses frequent this place and the guys will chat and shoot the bull with you as you check out. Free parking in back.
This place is a gem. Shop here, instead of the huge discount modern hardware/​paint/​garden super stores. Your day will be better for it.

I have been taking all of my lawn and garden needs to Congdon’s Ace Hardware for well over the past 30 years. I have come to know the friendly staff who work there, and they are first people I call on the phone when I have some serious questions about what products work the best, especially when it comes to small household repair projects. The level of professional service they provide is second to none. Likewise, their prices are very reasonable, and I have never had any problems returning any product that didn’t meet my expectations or perform properly.
Moreover, Congdon’s has a full-​service lawn mower, and snow blower repair facility. Two years ago when my mower failed to start, I took it in and had them thoroughly examine the machine to diagnose the problem. I was debating what the mower’s issues might be, and how much it would cost before crossing over the «It’s just better to buy a new lawn mower, than to fix the old one» threshold. Another repair place had quoted me $ 75 an hour to examine the mower to find the problem, then the price of the parts, and labor on top of it. I was very happy to find out it was just a magneto that needed to replaced, and the final price out the door was only $ 25.00 at Congdon’s.
When I had an older and more environmentally friendly 22-​inch reel mower in the late 1980s, the repair shop at Congdon’s was always able to sharpen the blade every spring. Likewise, they were able to show me how to properly install and remove some of the most difficult blade on several lawn mowers I have purchased there over the past three decades. Believe me, there is nothing worse than slicing a finger on a blade.
So if you’re like a lot of people I know, and often do home improvement or repair projects, this is the place to go for all your needs.

Awesome place! I love the individual help I get every time I go here! Great employees and great store!

These guys are great, they amazingly almost always have what I need and competently fix screens and lawnmowers!

Wish I could do 5 stars. This is a small and very friendly little hardware store. Very old school. Out of maybe 10 visits nine have been great. However I took my snowblower here two winters ago for repair. I knew what part was wrong and pointed it out. Upon first use the same part popped loose. I took it back. Well we never had another snow until the next winter. I looked and saw right away the same part was off again. I take it back again. No charge for repair. So here comes this fall and I always check things to prepare for winter. Part is OFF again! I took it to another place on Carpenter road in Ann Arbor and explained it to them. They knew right away the problem. They fixed it and this year has been good. I did go back this year to Congdon and asked for the manager. I told him my story and said I knew I would get no compensation but felt I had to let him know the inconvenience I had been caused. And money because i had to pay for this twice. The blower is heavy and every time I need help to get it in car. He said sorry but that is all. I will continue to go here but not for any repairs and I told him that. I have a new repair place now.

Great people, great advice and the prices really aren’t much more expensive than the big home improvement stores that you would have to drive a lot further to get to. The convenience is worth the 10% more you might pay here on average. Unless I’m buying $ 200 of stuff, I usually just go here instead of driving out to Carpenter Road stores.

Don and Ed know everything you ask. Wonderful store, great prices — and they’re willing to work with you on anything you need. Local stores like Congdon’s exist for good reason!

Convenient to my workplace, I ran in on my lunch hour to grab some items we needed for a small household repair.
Friendly staff, they know what they are talking about. They also had a recommend for a cheaper but more effective item. That is honesty. I appreciated the heads up, especially as a lot of these hardware type places either are no help or are less helpful to obviously clueless women like me (just a note, most women are not as clueless as I am about home repair). Not here. Readily available, patient and not in the least condescending.
I will definitely be back. I liked the small town feel and that they really did have everything I needed and more at a fair price. Service? That is happiness.

Save yourself spending two hours stumbling around Home Depot or Lowe’s in an angry glassy-​eyed daze trying to find something that takes about 2 minutes to find at the Ypsi Ace. Plus the guys there know exactly what you need and how to use/​install it.

this is the best hardware store around. They have everything a small hardware should have. And more!
A true throwback from the olden days.
They support historic preservation too-​just look at the outside!

friendly guys, had what i needed, nuff said.

Wonderful and helpful people.

Congdon’s is about the best you can find for a small hardware store where the staff really know what they are talking about. They’re part of the ACE franchise, but they’re not a huge behemoth like Home Depot or Lowe’s and the service is personalized.
My husband and I have been going there for years for various home and garden supplies and advice. They sharpened our lawnmower blade each spring for years until my husband bought a kit (from Congdon’s) so he could do it himself.
They also gave us really good advice during a recently repair to a drippy sink. My husband was convinced that it was a faulty washer. One of the employees told him it was a faulty part further down the line and sold him the replacement for two or three bucks. My husband was skeptical, but he installed the piece, and the sink hasn’t dripped since then.
Parking is on the street for Congdon’s, but Pearl Street is usually pretty quiet, and it’s not generally hard to find parking. There are a couple of public lots within a few blocks as well.