We have had a custom pergola for many, many years and the cedar finally began to give out. We have been looking and pricing replacements. This one was perfect from description and reviews. However, you never really know and we took a chance. The husband just finished putting it together himself with a little help from me and we LOVE it. We love everything about it and the experience. Even the delivery of all 400 pounds was easy. We paid for door delivery which included backing the truck up to the garage and setting the boxes in the garage. The instructions were easy to understand and follow. The kit included all the tools needed and my husband even commented on the quality of the hardware. It is essentially a 95% one person job to put together. And easy enough for a couple of 60 year olds to tackle.