Love this couch! I was skeptical about buying it but glad I did. It arrived in 8 boxes. It did have a few stains already on it but nothing too crazy. Assembly definitely requires 2 maybe even 3 people. Had an extremely difficult time getting the pieces of the right seat to connect but eventually got them together. Even though it’s not required, I did use a drill to put the smaller screws for the feet in. I’ve only had it for about a week but I have no complaints so far.