Purchased this about a month ago. I had nothing to do with installation so i cannot comment but contractor said it was not bad! It looks amazing in our kitchen.We had a giant amish built wood "box" that housed our fan. It was super big and super ugly.This looks so good! Its easy to use,love the lights and it is one strong fan.We did look at local appliance store-this fan cost 1/2 of what we would have paid locally. I read the reviews and decided to try it-shipping was extremely fast. It was packaged very well