Its been two weeks since we finished building it and so far, so good. We live in Chicago and it was quite windy the other day and the gazebo remained grounded. My husband put it together with my minimal help handing him the parts. He worked on this project every day after work for about two hours over a span of five days. Personally its best to take your time versus spending 10 tiring hours trying to finish in one day. Anyways, the only thing I would prefer is the posts be a little thicker and sturdier, but we do plan on securing the posts with some nice, heavy bricks. Honestly, for under a thousand bucks, this is a great gazebo.