Lifetime 7' X 7' Outdoor Storage Shed

First time building one of these plastic/resin sheds. The 7 X 7 shed is great! Delivery was easy.I set a delivery date and received a delivery window between 9:30am-3pm.The delivery crew called a little after 12p to say they were 15 minutes away. Great service from the delivery company. No damage and they dropped it off at the back of my driveway. 2 large and heavy boxes.Inventoried everything, ready to build.Assembly was straightforward. I watched the assembly video on the Lifetime website several times.I built a pressure treated foundation set on blocks a couple weeks ahead of delivery using the instructions and measurements from the manual available online. Everything was level and square to start. I spent an entire day making sure the blocks were level. 4 at the corners, a block midway on all sides and 2 blocks in the middle where the 2x4's would land (16" on center). 10 blocks total. The blocks are almost flush with the ground. Just high enough to keep the wood out of the dirt.I assembled the entire shed by myself in about 5hrs. A second set of hands for the gables and roof panels would have been nice. The roof panels are the hardest part of the entire assembly. Getting screw holes to line up was difficult with one person, but it went together as it should.All said and done, the doors close nice, everything lines up perfect without using the included shims.Be careful with the clear ridge (skylight). The wind blew mine down on the concrete walkway and cracked it. I'm waiting for Lifetime to get back to me on a replacement. But, be careful assembling this part, I could see it cracking when pushing it under the gable vent if you're too rough with it.2 corner shelves and a small wall shelf are included.I secured the shed to the platform using 4 galvanized lag bolts w/fender washers in each corner as recommended in the manual. These are not included.Great purchase and easy delivery. Couldn't be happier!EDIT: I contacted Lifetime by phone and explained how the skylight blew over cracked, they shipped a replacement skylight free of charge, including free shipping. Received new skylight in about a week and installed it. Excellent customer service!

We bought this shed feeling a bit nervous about paying hundreds of dollars for a building made of plastic, but have been pleasantly surprised by how much we like it. As others have noted it needs to be installed on a level surface if you want things to line up properly (ours is on a concrete pad), some of the plastic parts (like the roof clips) should probably have been metal, and there are a few places where the instructions aren't as clear as they should be, but overall it was easy enough to put together and has been sturdy and dry in the two months we've had it. I expected that a plastic shed wouldn't feel solid, but important structural pieces are metal, and once installation is complete it's very rigid. We've had a wet winter and the inside has stayed dry. We've also been very pleased with how the shed looks - it's surprisingly stylish for a building made of plastic. The skylight is a nice touch that allows plenty of light in during the day.The shed arrives in two large boxes, and Amazon delivery got it here on the day and time promised. Installation can be mostly done with hand tools, but you'll need a drill or automatic screwdriver to get the self-tapping screws installed. It goes together quickly until you get to the roof, then it takes a while to get all of the clips in place, to get everything to line up, etc. A second person is needed for roof installation since one person will need to hold things in place while the other fastens them. The instructions are pretty good, although in some places they could use clarification - a few of the parts need to be installed in specific orientations that aren't obvious in the drawings, and you'll only realize the mistake later when holes don't line up. There are videos referenced in the instruction manual that are helpful when the written instructions aren't clear enough, although I discovered that some of the videos mentioned in the instruction manual were no longer available when I was setting our shed up.