We bought this pergola for some shade in the back corner of my yard in Chicago! We also bought it to keep the alley light from hitting us while we were enjoying our little couch area and it’s worked out really well we have since added lights and yeah you know it came a little dinged up but I expect that from this type of furniture. You definitely need a couple people adults to put it together at one point but it goes together pretty well we had one corner that we couldn’t quite screw but it feels structurally sound.