Customer Reviews

Heath Outdoor Products AH-12D Martin House Aluminum

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

The finished product is great, but took over three hours to assemble (probably 100 or more parts, poor assembly instructions). When ordering, I saw no information indicating "assembly required."

I did not see anywhere on the box where assembly was required. The house is made up of about 72 seperate sections you put together with hundred of tiny nuts and bolts in tight corners. Can you say Erector set? Of course, they include three warnings that all the metal pieces are sharp and they are, so be careful! I sat in front of the television watching the football game while assembling. Directions were ok, but could have been much better. I did have to backtrack and fix some things before getting into a rythmn and doing it on my own. Definitely not for someone that might have a hard time with assembly.

This appears to be the same house as sold by Sears over 30 years ago. Had it with me while in the air force. Very popular with Martins. Enjoyed their company and melodious chatter for many years while stationed from Florida to North Dakota. For best results you should live within a half mile or so of a body of water and have a fairly open yard. Assembly is a piece of cake. (ever put together an steel storage shed?) Good quality. Light weight. Cool for the birds. This hobby is not set up and forget. Like a home aquarium, you have to learn to maintain it properly, treat your quests with love and respect and they'll come back year after year. Interesting, they do seem to enjoy your company just as much as you do theirs. Highly recommended.

Beautiful to look at; however, I gave it a poor grade because of the difficulty we had in putting it together. The pieces did not line up well and my husband had to redrill holes to make it fit securely.

Product was time consuming to put together and did not fit snuggly together (lots of gaps in the flooring between rooms). The aluminum was extremely easy to bend, especially when trying to attach the railing, which does not stay in well. I will be searching for one better made. If it wasn't so... time consuming to put together, I would have taking apart and returned.

Purchased this through Amazon.com. Package arrived quickly. After receiving the house I tried for 4 hours to put it together.The parts would not line up for a proper fit. I put it together twice. Once completed, the house looked terrible. I boxed the house up and returned it to Amazon. Check out the other reviews, they had similar problems. I wish I would have listened to them. Don't waste your time on it.

This is the second one I have purchased. The first one lasted well over 20 years. This one was as difficult to assemble as the first one, and can only be described as tricky,if not just plain miserable. But, for the price,it is worth the hassel. Heath should read the latest books on Martins and modify the design to connect two compartments and block off every other entrance. Drilling 2in dia. holes in thin aluminum to connect the compartments is fussy.Heath Outdoor Products AH-12D Martin House Aluminum

Assembly is like building a house of cards from razor blades. All of the roof, wall and floor panels have extremely sharp edges, there are hundreds of tiny bolts and you really need 4 hands to have a somewhat fair shot at assembling this thing. You can absolutely forget about having a small child or grandchild help you with assembly -it's a serious occupational hazard. How do the birds live in this thing without slicing themselves all up on the sharp edges?

We can put people into space, but this is the best offering that mankind can produce for a purple martin house?

I received this item within a week or so, but there were so many parts, nuts, bolts and screws, that I had to pay someone to assemble it. It would have taken me hours, so I found a person who did it for ten bucks-still worth it-nice purple martin house. JMS

I love the looks of the house. It is too late this season to attract the purple martins, so I don't know if they will like it next year. The biggest problem with this is building it. It took me 8 hours to put it together. (I do have long nails and I was doing it myself) If I could have purchased this already put together, I would have paid an extra $50.00 for it. It would have been worth it.