It looks good. Assembly is simple. Cats love it. What more could you want?
Filled with bedding, six cats fit in a medium size. Easy. For the price, it is excellent. Materials aren’t top rate. But plywood and insulation would put the price around 150 - 200 dollars. This way, if I want to improve it, I can add insulation, an inner wall, and have what a pricier shelter would cost. And now I have a pattern for an extra-large doghouse for my German Shepherd.
I keep the cat/dog house on a covered patio, out of the elements. Otherwise, I would need a better stain or paint and asphalt shingles. Again, I can make my own upgrade for a whole lot cheaper with the materials I have on hand. The strong odor is only new wood and stain. I suppose it needed to cure longer because after a few days, there isn’t much odor. And from day one, the cats didn’t give a fig anyway. They were using it within the first hour.
If I had a dog, I would put some support under the floor like a board or two. If I had it in the weather, I’d set the legs on a block to keep it off the ground.
Summary. If you want a classy-looking cat/dog house that shelters your animals, and is reasonably priced, buy this one. If you want a top of the line product with all the bells and whistles, go somewhere else and pay three or four times as much.