K&H Pet ProductsThermo Birchwood Manor Kitty Home Heated Real Birchwood 18 X 16 X 15 Inches

Very easy to put together. It's a thinner wood and not insulated so I recommend adding thin Styrofoam or straw to help. I had extra shingles in my garage that I put on the roof for added protection.

I posted a bunch of pictures to show what I did. I first insulated the 2 sides, the floor and the roof, but saw no point in insulating the exit/entrance walls with those huge doors...kinda pointless.I painted 2 coats of paint and 2 coats of polyurethane.The floor that comes with this is really, really thin. I don't see how it could possibly support a cat and not eventually sag out of the channels they're inserted into. So, like a previous reviewer did, I cut a piece of 1/2" plywood just slightly smaller than the flooring, wrapped that with a garbage bag stapled on and used E6000 adhesive and 4 screws to attach it to floor from the inside. The plastic should give more protection on the floor and the thin floor can't sag now.I used wood glue in all the joints before connecting them. I also put a bead of E6000 down the peak of the roof because there was a bit of the raw birch edge exposed at the peak and if that got wet the boards would warp.I also tested the heating pad and it worked great! Toasty warm.This is for a cat I have been feeding for the last 3 years. I thought she was a feral but this past summer she has decided she likes me and is just way too sweet and friendly now to be a feral, so she was abandoned by someone 3 years ago. 😿 She now comes in my house every morning to eat, sleep, play and get some love, but doesn't like staying inside more than a few hours, hence this house.This will go under a 5 ft. eave, sitting on a little outdoor end table so she's off the ground and will be against my house in front of my sliding glass door so she can see me. Hopefully she'll be protected enough, but we face East, so we get some brutal winds and extremely cold winter weather. I'll post another picture of the set up after I put it out tomorrow... Just in time for the cold weather next week. I just hope she'll use it!Nice little house, but definitely needs reinforcement on the thin floor.I have some cedar siding I plan to put on the roof next Spring. Maybe I'll add that with a larger overhang for more protection from the weather.2 thumbs up and I'll update after winter is over to let people know how well it worked and lasted.

Good quality birch plywood. CNC cut panels. Fit together easily. We added insulation to the inside and will shingle the roof with an added overhang. I was going to build one out of scrap ply but this was an easy alternative. Our cat loves it. She would give it a thumbs up if she had thumbs!

This is a very nice little house and quite pretty. It's the perfect size for one cat and the heater works well. It does not come with assembly instructions but it's a very straightforward puzzle to put together. The only annoying thing is that, although they drilled holes in all of the connecting spots, they did not drill corresponding holes in the places that you screw those parts to. The wood is not soft so I had to locate a drill to create those holes. I also had to locate my husband, as, at least in our case, assembly was awkward enough that it took two people to put the house together. That is why I didn't give it the maximum number of stars for easy assembly. That said, it's just lovely once it's built. We bought this for an outdoor feral so I put it on our porch. It's weatherproof to a point but our covered porch does not say totally dry so I placed it up on a large, flat plastic basket to keep the bottom dry. The birchwood does not appear to be finished for really wet, Illinois weather so I wrapped a folded contractor bag around it, which works really well. You could easily paint it with exterior paint but I got it in December and just wanted to get it out quickly. I'll probably paint in in Spring. I only put one of the flaps on, at the back, because our feral spooks easily. It didn't take long for her to warm up to this little house and she eats all her meals there. I'm hoping she'll begin to hang out in it too, but she also has a much bigger, straw filled home that she has lived for a few years. All in all, I'd recommend this shelter. It's sturdy, lovely to look at and the price is right.

My elderly cat really likes this kitty house. She feels very secure in the space. It is big enough but also cozy enough. I added a heated warming pad specially made for pets which soothes her joints also. The house is well made and nice.

This could be better designed . It needs an overhang at the openings to keep wind, rain, and snow out. Or the openings could be redesigned to also help especially since the heating pad is only covering half the floor . We closed the opening at heated end and insulated the entire enclosure which really helped with -30C wind chill & blowing snow.

Nice car house should be longer. They started to rot after winter season with rain fall, suspect that the paint/varnish they put on it was very lighten thin coated on barely protecting wood and cut ends. You should repaint and seal all the wood first to weather proof it better. The house is a little short and I think about 6-12 inches would make in right. Also the roof doesn’t over hang the entrances far enough it’s to short for all weather. Need to extend both side out 6-12inches to create a porch or overhang.It’s also sits to close the the ground Exposing to the elements easily but parts ok cause I have sitting on top of a couple of concrete sinder blocksWhich help protect it from environment and ground cold better as well as bugs, critters.In addition to the pressure sensitive heated blanket for the winter cold month I also adding a continuous forced air heating system. Cat total loves especially when temps went to -22C.

We love this cat house, the reason I put 4 stars is because the doors doesn’t hold well as it is only in place with a stick on velcro

Its pretty small perfect for a kitten or small cat the door is kinda crappy since the house is so small the cat get stuck on it.

Is a hit with the homeless cat that lives on my deck. Kept her warm all winter long. Thank you