This "gazebo" is perfect for what we needed. our deck is very wide and rather narrow.  so this 8.5ft by 13.5ft gazebo was perfect.  Large box was delivered early, was left in the drive way, but the box was in good shape, probably weighed 200 lbs. got the box into the garage and opened it. It must have taken a genius to get all those parts into this box.  first thing i did was sort all the parts to make sure they were all there , and great they were. I put the individual sections together first and followed thru step by step. I put all of the individual sections together by myself, but needed another person when assembling the sections. best for two people.  the results were great.