People always stop and ask who are contractor was who built it. If you take your time and make sure everything is level and straight it goes together fairly easily. The only negative is peeling off the plastic coating from the aluminum panels.......what a pain! Customer service is awesome.....their response and followup is one of the best I have ever experienced. All in all we are extremely satisfied.

I built the 12X14 Meridian to cover our back patio. Putting it together requires basic - intermediate skills but the instructions are well written, and the wood cuts / holes are spot on - it came together very nicely. All the hardware is included. I did seal the main posts and edging prior to assembly to give those pieces some extra protection. It does require at least 3 able-bodied persons to get the roof panels on - they are surprisingly light but awkward to maneuver. I added the gutter kit which is fairly easy to install and does a great job of channeling the rain into the landscaping. And finally, I added a plug-in outdoor ceiling fan and light with additional plugs for phone chargers - all outdoor extension cords and cord covers. My wife was in charge of furnishings and decorations. Overall, I am thrilled with the results and a huge fun of Yardistry products.

We purchased our 12 x 12 gazebo this past spring and had it erected in two days. The idea was to give us year round use of our spa, which living in Oregon, can be a real test with cool, rainy winter evenings and hot sunny summer days. This Yardistry building went together well, according to the plans, and looks just beautiful, adding a lot to the looks of our small back yard. We couldn't have asked for any more to accomplish our goals of getting a useful, yet beautiful and durable shelter for our spa. By adding outdoor curtains, we can close it up during inclement weather or open it up to gorgeous spring & summer days. We love our Yardistry structure. It's one of the best investments we've made!

We bought this a few weeks ago and are very happy with the outcome. It looks great in our backyard and we are looking forward to enjoy it in the weeks and years to come. Watching videos were key in the assembling process. Although there was a damaged part in one of the boxes, customer service was very helpful and quick in sending a replacement.

I bought my 10 x 10 ft.gazebo last fall and erected it in May. I decided to stain it Brown to:match my deck and stained all the pieces before putting it together. I am 85 years old and aside from installing the roof sections with a little help I was able to do most of the work alone. We love it..Good value for the money and it will last long after I’m in the ash can. . The instruction booklet was well put together and easy to understand…

We bought product about 2 months ago. Like that it had predrilled holes so you know exactly where to attach parts. Instructions were easy to use. Make sure you have 4 to 5 people for roof assembly, but otherwise it is an easy 2 person job. Love the looks and gives good shade.

We absolutely love this gazebo. It seems very sturdy. We've had several wind storms and it's not moved (we did anchor it into concrete). Granted, this was not easy to assemble. We had to get help from several people and it took many evenings of intense work. I'm not certain I'd try to do this again. However, the after product is awesome.

This gazebo is an excellent product and looks very attractive when finished. The instructions are detailed and relatively easy to follow. Even building it in a relatively confined space was not difficult. It did take four people to assemble the beam to post structure and the roof assemblies. Most of the assembly could be done by one person. The thought process that went into the engineering was incredible. Pieces fit when they were supposed to and almost everything, within the limitations of a wood product, was cut and drilled perfectly. Everything lined up as it should have for an easy assembly. I do have a few suggestions for additions/adjustments to the instruction manual. it would be helpful to know the height from the deck/flat surface that the gazebo is to be mounted on to the center of the roof panel assembly. I used a "dead man" 2 by 4 to hold the first and subsequent panels up. It was easier for a person to push the notched dead man up and down than to try to hold the panel up while standing on a ladder and maneuvering each panel up where they go. When doing the beam assemblies the instructions do say bolt heads are on the outside of the beams, but it would slo be useful to reiterate in several locations and explain the beams need to be t-nut to t-nut to assure a flat surface to bolt beams together. And finally, it would be helpful to mark the roof assembly better. It is hard to visualize the right and left corner to facial beam assembly from the drawings alone. It would be helpful to use A to A, B to B, etc marked on the various wood pieces. Corner Lt could be A and Facia Beam Assembly left side could be A. Corner LT and corner RT could be labeled B and B. Corner RT could be C and Facia Beam right side could be C. As these beams are angled, the marking would be a great help. Finally, as the facia beam assemblies are cut at 45 degrees, they do not join perfectly. Mine did not at least. So four corner cap structures that could be placed over those 45 degree facia beam assemblies would add to a highly finished look. The existing caps do this in recognition the the roof assemblies do not match perfectly and leave a small gap. Please do not interpret these suggestions as indications that I think this is not an excellently designed product. It is incredibly looking and as far as I am concerned the best build it yourself gazebo I have seen.

I have a large yard with a pool and gorgeous mountain views! This Gazebo makes it look even more impressive. Everyone that has seen it loves it! Very good quality with all the parts were there to put it together! It is a very time consuming project. I'm sure we could do a second one in half the time but don't think your'e going to get it done in one weekend. Luckily I spent 1/2 a day before help arrived just unpacking it and getting all the plastic off the roof pieces.

FYI the Yardistry gazebo is considered by building departments to be a 'structure' and is subject to their review. Yardistry REFUSES to provide structural calculations or a third party certification of the structural integrity of the gazebo (so is it safe in the first place??). To send their drawings to an engineer will double the price to install! If I had it to do over, I would just have a contractor just build a custom gazebo....