The Good: This is a beautiful, spacious set that I feel will keep my kids interest as she grows. I get complements all the time from neighbors and my daughter loves it. The materials are better than other brands. 

The Bad: This isn’t a walk in the park to put together by any stretch. I’m slightly handy but this took me probably 30-40 hours to complete alone. The main problem I had was the directions are terrible at communicating what needs to be done, the order that would make it easiest, and key details. TERRIBLE!  Starting the actual eagle nest in particular was a pain in the neck. One set of hardware was mismarked either in the book or on the bag so I made an unnecessary trip to a home improvement store. At the end I had extra hardware but was short two key pieces, another trip to the hardware store. 

However, in the end it was worth it as the set is fantastic. 

I did reinforce the floor and steps as they seemed a bit weak.