SO HAPPY WITH THIS PURCHASE! It was easy to put together. I have 2 Persians and my boy prefers to be at the very top and my girl prefers to be at the very bottom round bowl. I choose not to put the ladders on and I’m glad I left them off. It gives them a lot more room to jump around. Its been very easy to clean too. My kitties are ninjas in how they bounce around quickly from one perch to the other. However it’s a very sturdy cat tree for how big and tall it is.