Must Have. Set up isn’t hard, everything is boxed and bagged in sets. It’s perfect for my 3 year old and 10 year old. And let’s be honest, also for my 45 year old husband lol. Basically whole family fun.

Easier to build compared to other sets we have owned in the past. Looks good and big enough for my 3 kids to enjoy.

We had some handymen put it together...the kids love it!

Much easier to put together than I expected. I had one friend help me and we put it up in nine hours across two days (about two hours spent building in the dark, which significantly slowed progress). Hardest part was the twisty slide. Shipped super fast. Everything is good quality. All parts included and tons of extra hardware. Wood is super soft so a soft touch on the drill is key. Kids love it. It’s super cute and they’ve had a blast on it. Kids are 4 and 2.5 and will get several years out of it as they grow.

Charleston Lodge Playset

I highly recommend this for kids. I bought this for my grandson who is 5yrs old and 2yr old twin granddaughters. They screamed with joy when they seen it and haven’t stopped playing on it. Priceless to see how much they love it! Thank you!

It's a job by yourself but looks great

The children were so excited, they had to "help" build it just to get on it. The quality is quite good, and its very nicely and aesthetically designed. The only hold back, the swing beam could be a little longer, by like a foot. The swings are too close, especially the inside swing by the tree house. assembly was as expected. It took three men and an assistant about 18 hours to assemble (or about 32 man hours). The tube slide took 8 hours alone. Definitely do this...Unpack and sort parts by their number, letter and digit, you'll think you're playing battle ship. Dont be intimidated by the massive box of nuts, bolts, and screws, they are all labeled. Have someone go page by 116 pages and create bags of hardware per page. If you can, also have someone pulling parts for the next steps. You will save an immense amount of time by not hunting for parts and hardware. Also, make sure you get the right boxes. We received two tube slides and no wave slide. Had to make a second trip back to get the right slide.

I bought this set on sale. If I paid full price I would be disappointed as it appears larger in pictures. Directions are not the best but manageable.

This is our 2nd KidKraft swingset. We bought this one because we moved and loved our old one so much. Quality has gone down hill in the past 5 years! The slides are weak & flimsy, the swing bar is 20 inches shorter which makes it easy for the kids to swing into each other, and the height of the bottom club house is so short now that my petite 7 year old cannot even stan up straight in the bottom. The shrinking of the playset height is the biggest negative because this playset advertises that it's intended to be used to age 10. This is VERY misleading! Expect your children to outgrow the bottom clubhouse and the swings around age 7. To extend the use, we have bought new metal chain swings which can be adjusted more than the provided rope swings, but I bought a rubber coated swing and had to painstakingly remove many inches of rubber coating just to make the swing high enough for my 7 year old because the swing bar is so much shorter than most standard playsets. This is a great playset for preschoolers but will be outgrown long before your kids are ready to be done playing on it.