Rockever Outdoor Cat House, Large Outdoor Houses for Feral Cats Wooden Outside Cat Shelter Weatherproof with Escape Door

This home was pretty easy to put together. It didn’t take very long maybe an hour. There is a pine smell that didn’t seem to bother my cat. I’m sure this will decrease with time spent outdoors. I didn’t need to use the step or platform for the entrance, the cat prefers to enter without it. The entrance is pretty small as you can see in the photo, which made entering with the platform really awkward for him. My cat has a smaller fabric house that he was using before so I put it inside there to help him adjust to the house. He doesn’t seem to care about the exit in the back so not having it accessible wasn’t a problem for us. This keeps my cat dry in the rain and gives him a nice place to sleep in the shade. I have a heating pad in there too but haven’t needed to use it yet. It could probably use some insulation for winter because it doesn’t have any, but for now it won’t need to be modified. I am very pleased that there are adjustable feet on this box as I have an uneven patio! Also it’s actually really beautiful in person. Would recommend this house for your cat.Update: we had a big storm lots of rain, you know the sideways kind, there’s a small amount of water coming in from the front entrance. The rest of the house remained dry inside! The wind was blowing so hard and I was pleased to know my cats home wouldn’t blow away like his old one did. Still happy with purchase. His other fabric house was useless in comparison.

Great little house for outdoor cats. The neighborhood was having a problem with ducks eating some of the neighborhood cats food so I bought this so they could eat in peace was not difficult to put together very sturdy perfect solution. Put my dog inside for size reference.

The media could not be loaded. I absolutely love this cat home.My husband and I purchased it for inside our home as the cats room gets a bit chilly in the winter.Very easy to set up.A piece of the wood came cracked, but I Gorilla Glued it and the plexiglass came broken in all the corners and popped right off. I teached out to the company and they gladly got back to me with a very quick response and I received a new plexiglass with no questions asked.Regardless of the broken parts probably due to mishandling at the facility or Amazon delivery id definitely recommend this to anyone its very roomy and cute. Warm and easier to clean than a cat tree if using inside the home.

My house was in very good condition when it arrived, with a minor crack that was easily glued. The paint was very good, and the manufacturer responded immediately to my questions about how to fix and offered replacement parts if i wanted. They were very open to suggestions and corrections. Previous review about short screw to attach roof was corrected, my house came with long roof screws. I chose to insulate roof with foam panel from Home Depot, easy to cut with kitchen knife. We assembled with wood glue and are caulking openings and weather proofing and sealing exterior. We are keeping this house under porch eave until they improve design to make it able to withstand rain from entering the top porch entrance, per my comments to manufacturer as follows:I would like to compliment whoever designed this clever house. However, here are some practical suggestions, which are not a criticism of this fine design, but rather, based upon a lot of experience with outdoor cat housing in snow and rain. This house must be under a porch roof to really be rain proof, but it would be good to make it so it can truly be outside.I think that the idea to make it accessible for cleaning by removing the floors instead of the roof was a good idea, but it doesn't work for this reason: rainwater will hit the top outside porch shelf, and slide into the top floor, getting the pet bedding wet no matter what you do. It will help if you put a low barrier, like a 1 or 2" threshold at the doorway. The cat can still cross it to get in. Because the top floor slides out, there are gaps that strong wind can leak thru. So no matter what, i still think it would be best to go with a sealed upper floor, and make house accessible thru the roof. If a hinge is not practical because the wood could split, maybe you could design the roof as a one piece structure that sits on top with a deep cap, and a ring of weatherstripping or a seal that fits into the house like a cork. You could secure it with a hand tightened wingnut for easy removal. Then just make the floor so you can lift it out to access sealed bottom floor.Also, i prefer to have the cut out opening for the top floor placed next to the window side of house, because any cat bed would need to be pushed up against wall opposite window so cat can look out. Since you located the floor entrance hole opposite the window, That puts the hole where a cat bed need to be, and leaves it unsupported and would cover the hole up. The way it is designed now, the hole must be left open for access, which means the cat has to back up against the window to sleep, and it's harder to keep an eye out for predators. I thought i could just flip the floor panel over to reverse its direction, but because there is the little notch and braces, it doesn't work, unless i do a little construction work.However, i do see the logic your designer employed, because the current design separates the outdoor opening away from the upstairs access hole, providing protection from direct wind or predator coming upstairs. My idea would result in any wind coming in the lower door would more easily get upstairs if you used my idea to move the hole closer to the window side.So an alternative would be to leave the design as is, and move the window itself over to the opposite solid wall. This would be great, but would require the house to be placed with the one solid back wall against your house for bracing, and lessen the ability to back the cat house along its side against a structure. I would be fine with that, as cat house would then stick out long ways instead of sideways, but some people might prefer it as it is for a shallower profile.And finally, it would be good to put a small hole in corner of floor board for access for an outdoor heater plug. Most of us want this to be waterproofed and insulated for outdoor use. You can see how I bought insulation panels to improve roof interior insulation cut to size. This thick panel also solves the problem of the long gap along interior ceiling-roof line, which allows wind to come through. It would be good to insulate the entire house. I would actually be willing to pay more if this work was already offered in a deluxe model.Thank you for a fine product, and being so open to suggestions for improvement, and actually acting upon them.

We bought the one story cat house for my two cats that were transitioning to being outside. I wanted a shelter for them if they needed it during the day (I bring them in at night). So far only one cat has used it and my corgi continues to try and explore inside, despite not being able to fit!The quality is very good, exactly as pictured, very sturdy and very aesthetically pleasing. It took a couple of hours for my husband to put together. No issues. Some people were leaving reviews complaining about the quality but for $110, I say it's worth the money, especially with the current price of wood. I can't attest how it would hold up in continuous bad weather. We have ours sitting under a covered patio. But so far the little rain that hits it hasn't affected it at all. I could see it getting hot in summer if you're somewhere like we are (Florida) and it not be in a shaded place. I plan on opening the top during summer to let air in or take off the plexi glass covers over the little peek-a-boo holes to allow air to pass through.A lot of other people were complaining about it not being very big. I have two HUGE cats. Both fit in the house separately and we're able to lay down fine. I think if push came to shove, they could both fit in at the same time if they were cuddled up. They didn't need the step since they are so big so I repurposed that for another use. I plan on putting some cat grass or catnip in the little planter that came with it. It also came with a little carpeted pad for the inside. I'd definitely purchase again!