2 men and 2 half days to put together. Everything was really well packaged, you will need to use your own tools to assemble, package comes with very small flimsy tools. It survived 2 days of rain so far. Looks beautiful put together. My husband did say it was very tedious￼ because there’s so many small parts, but mostly because it was burning hot everyday!  Think again about building this in summer!  We can’t wait to add the patio set and fan with patio lights.  I totally recommend this item, it’s sturdy and can bolt to concrete or grass. It delivered very fast!  arrived in 2 big packages.