Gotland 10FT x 8FT Metal Storage Shed, Outdoor Storage Shed with Lockable Slide Doors & 2 Windows, Utility and Tool Shed with Slooping Roof for Garden, Backyard, Patio, Lawn

Do you like solving 1000-piece puzzles? Then this is the cute little shack for you! This shed comes w a million pieces & the instructions are tiny & aren't very detailed. You have to look at the overall assembly & figure out for yourself which direction certain pieces fit, like whether the screw holes should face upward or downward, etc. I guess this is why many reviews complained about misaligned holes. This isn't true, at least for me, all the holes aligned perfectly if you can figure out how each part fits. I've read reviews saying this takes 4-5 hrs for proficient handymans to put together. It recommends at least 2 people & even comes w 2x pairs of cotton gloves. I did this alone & it probably took me 8-9 hrs over 2 days. Seriously just cutting out the hundreds of plastic washers will take u at least 1-2 hrs. Add another 1-2 hrs to remove the plastic wrap from the metal panels (I didn't cuz I see them as an extra protection like a car wrap). Unless u can extend your arms a few feet, you will need another person to fasten some bolts/nuts. I suggest at least cutting the washers out b4 you start, or if u have kids, that would be a perfect task for them as they are tiny washers. Wear gloves when handling they metal sheets as they are sharp. Get a friend tp help. Also, you'll need to build a foundation first... Although it does come w metal fasteners secure the shack to soil/grass. Lastly, it is quite fun to build & there is a sense of accomplishment after finishing. It's like Legos or building a Gundam model.

Compares to Arrow Sheds which I also installed, but for less cost. Installation makes sense. The directions are pretty good but some mechanical apptitude required. Common hand tools only needed. I do reccomend a screw gun since its all screws ( maybe 150). A few trim parts needed an additional screw or two outside the directions, but no big deal.

Likes:1. No missing parts!2. Shed looks nice when completed.3. If properly assembled, most holes line up nicely.Dislikes:1. Ridge cap is only held by 4 tiny screws at very ends. This left most of ridge cap loose. I had to use my own self tapping screws to fasten.2. Edge molding needs many more screw holes. I used small drill bit and leftover screws to secure these pieces.3. The roof trusses are very weak. If you live in snow country like I do, do not get this unit. I will have to make an interior stud support so the roof does not collapse. The other two roof supports should have had screw holes to attach and strengthen roof panels as well. Again, I used self tapping screws for this and overlaps of the roof panels.4. The sides of the shed are without cross member support, so there is no stability of the walls and can be dented extremely easily.5. The actual door directions have 1 picture and so small that you can only assemble by trial and error. In addition, if you have never built a shed before, there are no directions on how to mount the top of doors to the respective sliders or how to adjust if needed.6. Like most sheds, they include the absolute worst plastic washers on the planet. These will break and rot within months in high elevation secondary to ozone. You must(after assembly) use silicone caulking at least on the roof to prevent water damage to contents of shed.Overall, I would not buy this shed again if you live in snow country. The price was good, but the quality of the roof, roof supports, and lack of stability is average.I have to say that customer service for this product was excellent. They were very responsive to my needs and communication was excellent and for that reason I give 4 stars.

The only reason I'm giving this a rating of one star is that you can't rate it at zero stars. The assembly instructions are not remotely clear, and when you do manage to figure out what the next step is supposed to be you may come to find out that important aspects of that step have been left out, such as the proper configuration of parts when connecting them.Also, some of the instructions are impossible to do, as the screw holes you're intended to use to connect parts together don't exist in the actual parts, or when connected in the only possible correct method the screw holes in the parts intended to be connected don't match up, so the connections aren't possible to make. I'm not a newbie at building such things, but this just doesn't work at all.I've got to the point where I'm hoping I can come to some surrealist version of a storage shed that won't fall down in the slightest weather, using the parts from this mess to create it. Honestly, it might make more sense to just buy some heavy tarps to cover your stuff, rather than this thing.Is there any way to get a refund on this thing after figuring out that it just isn't acceptable for the purpose it's being sold?Update: I've talked to the importers of this shed and recommended some changes to the instructions and to the labelling of parts (to make fitting them together correctly more understandable). If the manufacturer implements these changes I will be willing to upgrade the rating from one star to something higher.

This little shed is more stable than I expected so pleased with that. The instructions are really difficult because there is nothing written, it's all pictures. It was difficult for us to determine which lip goes in or out and which side goes up or down etc. In many places our holes did not match up so my grandson had to put some muscle in to make new holes (could have been our fault for not assembling right but....couldn't read the pictures.) Overall, once done it is working well.

First box came with missing parts for the frame, so I had to wait another 2 weeks to assemble the shed together after getting 75% of the frame assemble. Small parts, tight spaces to work with, instructions are not very specific. Took 2 guys (with building experience) roughly 8 hours to build..