The structure is okay for starters. Bought some exterior wood sealer to extend the life of the wood. Moved the ramp for cat access to the window. Moved the first level so the litter box could fit inside. Added a tilted roof for rainy days. Again, good for starters.

This is a product which CANNOT be assembled by an average person! (And certainly NOT in 30 minutes, as the instructions claim - after 4 hours of unpacking, fixing the bits which didn't work, which was two struts for the inside floor which fell off immediately when unpacking because they were assembled with a thin strip of glue and a couple of crooked staples, and two sets of misaligned connectors, and a hole in one of the enclosure panels, and assembling what it was possible for anyone to put together, I am looking at a stack of pieces with NO PRE-DRILLED HOLES, which must be assembled at 90 DEGREE ANGLES TO CREATE BOX-SHAPES. In other words, I have to hire or find someone with rudimentary construction skills and a power-drill, to carefully construct a tricky set of rickety (because the connectors are so poorly put in) frames into the actual enclosure. NOT HAPPY! $416 is a lot to pay for a few pieces of wood and some frames with netting attached to them, which the average householder can't assemble without professional assistance.

This was pretty hard to put together, but we added some extra wood braces and that helped. But after almost 2 years the roof started to leak, and the wood itself grew mold. Now I'm afraid to even allow the cat in it. The cats loved it until I had to lock them out.

Missing pieces Flimsy, chipped up and no instructions no hardware, piece of crap retunring and never buying Trixie again Can't give 0 stars but would give -10 yes negative

This is a terrible product. Several parts are chipped and very cheaply made. Flimsy! The quality of the wood is a joke. Nails are sticking out and I see white spots that look like mold. I wish I could return it but the boxes it came with were already so beat up when it arrived at my door.

Purchased this about 4 years ago. Thought it was a good deal at the time and there weren't any scary reviews about it. The first year in the wire screen was getting pulled away from the wood in a few places. Ok, staple that back up, no biggie. Within the 2nd year the ramp collapsed. The wood is soft and there was not enough support to hold 4 cats on the ramp at once. No one was hurt, but that Irritated me. Within the 3rd year after some heavy rains we noticed the structure started to sag a bit and look more like a parallelogram. I had to add cross braces to the back in order to strengthen and straighten it up. The plexiglass window eventually broke during a playfight between two cats and one escaped. The entry and exit door is small and hard to get in and out of the cage. This really makes changing litter boxes, food, etc. very difficult Overall its held up, but not without making repairs every year. If I had known it was made this poorly, I would have purchased something else.

I bought this a month ago and have not attached it to the house yet. I spent the first 2 days gluing broken pieces together. I am slowly making changes to it for better stability. I found this pretty easy to put together. I did it alone and it took me about 4ish hours. I recommend this if you have some handy skills only. I feel it is overpriced for what it is, and probably would have gone for a less expensive one if I knew how many modifications I was going to be making. At the end of the day, my cats enjoy it, and that is what is important. I am planning on extending off of this for more space for the girls, but this is a good start.

We bought this catio knowing full well it will only last us a few years. The knew the material would be cheap but we wanted to see if this would be used by our cat before we spent the time to build a big and sturdy version. The stricture did take about a half a day to put together and we did find the instructions easy to follow along. HOWEVER, the one thing the instructions did not mention was screwing down the roof. PLEASE SCREW DOWN THE ROOF! Over time the wood dries out and become super light and when you have a curious cat, then you risk the chance of them finding out that the roof is not secure and escaping though it like ours did. HE WENT MISSING FOR TWO WEEKS! Also, do not expect the structure to have more than about 2-3 years of life if it is fully exposed to the weather. It becomes super rickety. Needles to say, after 3 years, and two weeks of utter hell from trying to find our lost indoor cat out in the woods, this structure is being used as bonfire wood and we are building a solid version from scratch.