We had scheduled Handy to build this for us, but unfortunately Wayfair wasn't able to deliver it on time (it was delayed twice), so I had to take on the challenge myself to have it done in time for the party we bought this for. The directions were straight forward! I was able to do a lot of it just myself (for anyone doubting themselves, I am not an experienced builder and was able to do a lot of this on my own), and needed 2 other people to help get the posts secured together, and of course get the roof on. The roof is definitely the most challenging part, we had 3 people for it, but I would suggest 4. The reason I'm throwing out 4 stars is due to the shipping issues we had, and because some of the pieces of wood had some splitting in them. Overall, it worked out great for the party, and is a new beautiful structure for the backyard!