I bought this bed for my daughter.  It took my dad and my husband 4 1/2 hours to put it together.  None of the pieces were marked and there were lot of miss pre-drilled wholes which caused them to have to drill and in the processes a step was cracked and now unusable.  I plan to reach out to see if they will replace the step at no charge.  The bed is sturdy but my daughter weighs about 80 pounds and I do hear creaking noises, maybe the wood is just settling, but it said it would hold like 165 pounds.  I will review if the company is willing to fix my issues.