First off, if you're honest with your expectations this is an excellent buy. It's a shed that shows up in your driveway in two boxes that weigh about the same as a casket. It costs around $400 for an 8x10 shed, so yeah it is thin sheet metal (somewhere between 32 and 30 gauge I'd say)First thing you need to is inspect the boxes. If they look like they have been thrown off a bridge, return them. If there are a few small scrapes, dings, you're probably fine. The last thing you want to do is get all the parts (there are many, many parts) unboxed in your yard and then have to repackage all of it because something is damaged.Secondly, inventory every single item. Lay it all out and make sure you physically see each part on the list.Plan for assembly to take a full day or two healthy half days if you do this by yourself. On that note, if this is the first thing you have built, you will have a tough time with this. Ask a friend who has experience doing manly things to help. No one part of this is super difficult, but it is alot of assembly, and the instructions are vague in a few areas. Study the pictures carefully. The diagram on the doors is by far the worst. In fact they are flat out misleading.Now to the plastic. Every panel is securely covered in this surane wrapish plastic. Remove it if you wish, but add an extra half day to your build. After peeling two panels, I decided to see what mother nature can do and started building.I'm convinced that alot of these bad reviews are due to people not knowing how to put something together properly.The one lady that left a video about the doors not staying closed. The kit comes with two latches for the top and bottom of the left door to keep what she posted from happening. It is clear that whoever put her shed together did not install the two latches.The doors on my kit lined up near perfect, and are secure. You just have to use a little care and common sense putting this thing together and I can't imagine any normal person not having their expectations exceeded. After fully assembled, it is quite a bit more robust than I expected for the price. Very satisfied with it.Last thing, the only additional tools you'll want is a decent handheld ratcheting screw driver. You can try a power drill(driver) if you want, but I found it more trouble than it was worth. These screws are all fairly short. Also, there is a fine line between a screw that is too loose, and one that strips the hole.A 6ft ladder will be handy for installing the roof panels.