I expected this to be more like wood furniture, but it feels like a deck box.  (Probably my fault, I had my husband read the material specs!) For putting it together he said some of the thread holes were slightly off but he made it work. We ordered a litter box based on the stated measurements...but those are of the total interior space which is a little misleading. There is a “crossbar” assembly piece that made the hole too small to get the litter box into it. Although if I could have gotten it past that piece, the interior space was accurate. It does look nice, seems sturdy, and the cats have been using it since day 1.