Since we bought it for ur kitten we currently stopped at the house and will add the higher perches when she gets older..  She loves to lay at the top of the house each day and look out the window or at us.  She does use the scratching posts after we encouraged her to do so.  I'm not giving it 5 stars because it seems awkward for my kitten to jump up on the different levels to the cat house but she does like to climb up the scratching posts to the top of the cat house.