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I love this cat house!!! It looks really nice in my home. I have one very large cat and she loves it. I needed somewhere to keep her food and litter box so my dog couldn’t get to it. This works great! She is still learning to use the kitty door so for now I have it propped up. This allows her to have her own space where my dog can’t bother her and she can go and come as she wants. It is made of nice wood and is simple to put together. I would recommend two people to make it easier. It comes very well packaged and has easy to read instructions. The only thing that I didn’t like was the strong smell of the wood. The smell does go away after a few days but at first it is pretty strong. This is a great value for the money and I am very pleased with my purchase.

Functional, but cheap cheap cheap materials and poor construction decisions. For an idea of height, you can readily stack two of these on top of each other in a room with a typical ceiling height of about a foot above the doorway. Furring strips that cost a couple to a few dollars each for an 8' piece (x 2" or 3“ or 4“, depending on what you buy) are better quality wood, and this wood is something similar to those pieces but just lower quality and much lighter lighter and softer. My cats regularly scratch at and ruin shelves and things I make with plywood, so this absolutely does not stand a chance whether used by a cat stuck inside or abused by a cat on the outside. But for now, it is fine. Unfortunately, they have us screwing pieces into one another from the sides of the wood, which is the weakest place to do so, which creates split wood in addition to joined pieces that, without much strength, can be broken apart readily. I went ahead and used wood glue on all parts, and I planned to use small L shaped brackets in addition to their screws to add stability, but realized after the fact that many of the places were it made sense to place a bracket is where they had a screw...and I can't screw a screw into a screw, of course. Also, one of the four feet split so badly that it ripped into three pieces! I am appalled at the quality of wood until I remember the price, lol. I could readily make this with actual furring strips but it would cost just as much in the end for the wood and would be difficult to find hardware and plexiglass as cheap as the ones they use for cost effectiveness. The screws they have are not the best but work fine, especially since I glued as well, and the hinges and door handles and clasp are all pretty cheap keeping our cost down but making this ourselves we would, of course,have better quality wood but also better quality hardware and plexiglass so it would cost more. The plexiglass likely wouldn't last with a dog but with most cats, it should be ok, and if a panel breaks I can just place chicken wire that I already have. So if you want something that will last for years, buy something else. But if you want something that will be good enough for now this is perfect! And maybe it will be all you need if you have a mellow animal. I actually really like the wheels that come with it, but it's funny that the magnetic closures they use are stronger then works well for the cheaply made doors, lol, making me feel like the doors will break apart just because I have to yank them off of the magnetic closures. I have scraps of floor vinyl that I put on the bottom and on the shelves and on the back because I have a sick cat going in there who diarrheas uncontrollably at times, which means I need to be able to wipe it up readily. The wood slats are a problem as far as wiping goes so I am going to place shelf liner on the sides as if it is a solid surface then slice in between each slat so I can wrap the shelf paper forward in order to be able to wipe the slats. As I put this together, it made me actually want to build one myself using furring strips!! And in the future, if I need a temporary cage, then I very well may do so.

Very spacious and sturdy easy to assemble instructions. If you want it to be water resistant I recommend getting a sealant as this is unfinished wood so it will absorb any spills.

These are super flimsy material for the price, we have had ours 3 days and our 5pd kitten has managed to split open the floor, scratch up the plastic “glass” so bad it’s hard to see through, and scratch up the inside wood so it’s splintering. Assembly was fairly easy because we had a power drill. A lot of the holes aren’t pre-drilled, so I can only imagine sitting there with a screw driver for hours on end and trying to get these put together. Pros are they’re very lightweight and easy to move. They look cute when you first assemble them. If you have kittens under 5lb they’ll probably hold up a bit longer. If these were say $150 or so I wouldn’t be so critical but I feel that for the price the quality isn’t there. ***Update 9/7 (for context we got these on 9/01); showing the floor crack we ended up wood glueing together, there is a new crack on the 2nd shelf, the doors get more and more destroyed every day & I worry my cats will get splinters. The damages pictured are from barely 5pd kittens. (& they each have their own kennel because we needed to quarantine them for medical reasons.)

I love the concept of the product but the picture is deceiving. It really needs to be at least a foot wider and a foot taller to be useful beyond the kitten stage (I should have pulled out a measuring tape before purchasing but obviously I did not) the space for a litter box is tiny...there isn't as much separation from litter box to food and water as we had envisioned and a standard covered litter box will not fit because the second level is too low to allow for it, which just means that cats who like to kick around their litter after they do their business make a giant litter mess which then requires additional cleaning that could be avoided if a covered litter box could fit. I also feel this size of box is great for our kitten but I feel it will be too small for her when she's full grown. The space we put her bed on is a bit to small and the bed is standard size for a kitten, it's squished to fit next to the scratching post, definitely won't fit a larger bed for a grown cat. The unit was relatively easy to assemble, the magnets on the door are very strong to the point that we don't even really need to latch the lock to keep our kitten in, they make opening the doors a bit harder than you might expect which is fine but my real complaint is that when you open one door it does not easily close unless you open the other door as well and close them both at the same time. Overall it's been a good purchase although not ideal. It is nice to be able to give our kitten food, water, and a place to go potty overnight so we don't have to worry about waking up to an accident in a crate that doesn't fit anything but a bed and a cat.

Too small for Maine coon cat

This is really a solid product. There was no smell when opened. Yes it took some time to assemble but the end solution was what we were looking for. Wish they made one even bigger

I’m going to preface this by saying this product did exactly what I needed it to do. And it’s sturdy. I foster cats and have 3 feral kittens. This is perfect for keeping them safe during socialization. The door is perfect to sneak food and water in without getting mauled. I’m writing this at 1 am because it took me 4 hours to build this thing. My hands are blistered from twisting the screwdriver. Some of the holes were not pre-drilled. If you don’t have a drill, find someone who does. It will go soooo much faster with a power tool. It smells HEAVILY of pine. It smelled up my entire apartment. I personally love the smell but my partner was sneezing his head off. It’s also covered in salt or some crystal like substance (I’m probably dumb and it’s something to preserve and dry the wood) but it gets everywhere. Also please use a tape measure so you know how small this thing is. I knew how small it was and it still surprised me because of how much I paid. It would be taller with the wheels, but I didn’t want the kittens to crawl under if they escaped. I’m giving 4 stars because it functions as it should and it’s going to help me so much while fostering. It was just a pain in the butt to put together.