"This grill island always generates "Wow!" comments from my guests. The real GRANITE counter tops are very high quality and the whole thing is just impressive!
My "building" experience consists of having once assembled five pieces of office furniture, but the grill and one side square unit took me only about 3 hours to put together. That includes the time to modify the side unit to accomodate a small refrigerator.
I would like to be able to tell you that this project is your excuse to buy that 18 volt cordless drill/drive you've been coveting, but you don't need it. You could, however, justify buying a new pocket knife to work through the miles of plastic tape and wrap that holds everything together. A sharp knife is the only tool you need that is not included.
The assembly manual takes you through all of the steps with good illustrations and no strange instructions. Hint: They do not tell you to position the gas hoses BEFORE you put in the side burner and the grill. Get them positioned before you slide in the units and avoid a do-over!
We chose to slide a Home Depot-purchased Magic Chef 1.7 cu ft. refrigerator into the side island. I put two layers of 2x4s for spacing in the bottom before lowering the refrigerator into place. I had to use my (Home Depot purchased) Dremel tool to grind off one door stop tab on the top of the doorframe so the refrigerator door can open. The refrigerator door only opens about 90%, but it works fine.
On the bottom line, this is a great good-looking product. Highly recommended!"