Our playset turned out great! Our son loves it. My husband and I put it together ourselves. I'd say it took approximately 12-15 hours total and that was over the span of 3 days. We did spend 8 hours straight on it the first day and got the bulk of the building parts put together. My husband then finished the details and roof by himself over the next two days after work. The instructions were easy to follow but we did have a little issue starting off. We didn't realize/notice the many different holes in each piece and didn't have them all in the right directions at first. We did end up having to take apart some of the main framing pieces to flip the boards around. It's super cute, super sturdy, we all try to fit in the upper house part and it's strong enough to hold us! Lol. Happy with our purchase!