It took about 5 hours to get the gazebo out of the box and assembled.. The instructions were adequate. Power drill and a ratchet are great to speed up the process. It was me and two other adults that assembled the gazebo. The gazebo was well packaged and had no damages from shipping. Oscar the delivery driver was also excellent at unloading it and placed it as close as possible to the assembly point. There was no need to force any of the parts to fit or drill extra holes and no parts were missing. The quality of the gazebo seems as if it should provide years of comfort. Highly recommend it.