My son (10) loves this bed. Although the underneath Area is a bit tight, he likes to lay under there and read or play on his iPad. It gives him a place away from his brothers. Very well designed, I (F44) put this together￼ by myself and it took about 3 12 hours. Not sure if it would have been faster with two people, but obviously lots of screws to put in. I did use an impact driver which helped a lot.￼￼