The gazebo is as expected. Parts are flimsy but once put together it becomes sturdy. Took us almost 10 hrs but just me and my very pregnant wife managed to assemble it. The problem is that several parts had small dings that made assembly difficult, at times. Especially the polycarbonate roof. Several tiles had corners twisted. Hope it doesn't leak. To me, the instructions were more than sufficient, managed to put it together without having to refer to videos. Not sure if the roof will really support 2500lbs of snow, seems pretty flimsy. We'll see. The top of the roof does not have a bug screen, which I was not expecting. Will have to make one. I would have given it a 5 star were it not for the several damaged parts we received.