I was pleasantly surprised at how sturdy this hutch is. You will however, want to have a drill or driver on hand to assemble it as it requires the use of wood screws. I would give 4.5 stars if that was an option because the hinge arm for the roof I believe was assembled backwards and I had to do a little rigging to get it to work properly. My only other dislike is that the latch on the front (top) controls both doors & is a little fiddly when trying to lock it back. My kids have trouble with it which I'm afraid will lead to a bunny escape. To remedy this I just removed the latch and installed 2 new latches from the hardware store ($2), one for each door.