This is a beautiful playset for the price. It took my 65 year old father and I a couple of weeks to put it together because we only did about an hour a day. You definitely need two people to read directions and get lumber/hardware with each step. First day we took an hour just to lay out all the lumber into appropriate piles. All in all it was pretty easy to put together if you're good at reading directions.  It does take the amount of hours stated in description. My kids absolutely LOVE this set.