This bed is a bear!! I live in a third floor walk up with a very narrow and twisting stairway and attempted to bring this up piece by piece solo...needless to say it was a strugle. I would definitely recommend you purchase the white glove service if you happen to be in a similar circumstance. It all went together pretty smooth from there with one person. Only thing now, I have a small creak when I get on and off the bed that I need to track down.