This tree is a real winner with the cat she loves it. There are several scratching posts and lots of levels for her to play. Its easy to clean just use the vacuum on it and it looks brand new.My husband has no patience with assembly so I always choose to do it alone less hassle. The assembly wasnt too awful I did have a few issues with the holes lining up for the screws but I used the allen wrench and ran it down the screw hole to the rod and they matched up for me pretty good after I did that. It took me a little over 45min to put it together after unpacking it from the box. Instructions were pretty helpful but I did have to do a little guess work lol.