This mailbox is beautiful, easy to assemble with really good directions. It looks great and the numbers light up well at night. You do need to sink a 4x4 into cement, which was easy to do and I let it sit 24 hours before installing the mailbox post over it. Not counting the 4x4 installation into the ground, the mailbox with post took me about 40 minutes to do on my own. It was super easy and looks great. I went from the worse mailbox on the street to the most beautiful.