Wish I had of returned this.

This hutch is massive and looks quite nice... which was what I wanted but that is as far as this hutch goes. The box had footprints all over one side which caused the roof to become damaged (it had a hole through the felt on the roof). There was also another massive hole in the box. It was really badly packaged as if it had been better protected it would not have become damaged? A couple of days later when I went to build the hutch I found more damage but decided to keep it as I desperately needed the hutch, due to our other hutches being to small. Basically the rabbits had been inside over the winter and when putting them back outside for the warmer weather our younger rabbit had doubled in side and was so unhappy he started chewing at the door making it no longer fox proof. The hutch was a fairly easy to build but the instruction were a bit unclear when it came to putting the floors in. The design of the hutch is terrible. The floors are completely flat and all the bedding falls thought the hole for the stairs and open doors. All our other multi floored hutches and cages have had a piece of wood along the open edges to stop that happening. A few times the rabbits have fallen through the hole. I am going to have to put up a small wooden wall to prevent the above happening again. The hutch is basically completely open planned accept for the small area on the top floor behind the wooden door. This means that the rabbits may not get much protection from the wind and rain. They are probably really cold at night as all their bedding ends up on the lower floor which is basically just a run. I had bought this double storey hutch thinking that if I needed to separate the rabbits for whatever reason they would have a floor each. The doors locks often are too hard to close on the bottom floor that I have had to get help. I am not sure how long this hutch will last as it is only a month or so old. They do appear to also be very frightened in this hutch especially at night as they are constantly stamping. We have had complains from a neighbour so our youngest rabbit has to be brought in at night. I can hear the rabbits hopping in the hutch quite clearly and have had their nails checked. I have tried adding extra sawdust (but it falls through the hole) to try to make the hutch quieter. It is only tonight that I realised that the flooring is made from thin veneer nailed onto a frame to made to look like it is solid wood. I found this out by a crack on the flooring and can see any area behind that top veneer. So I will probably have to replace the floors as it now has a sharp edge. After a few days of use the front of the hutch started bowing outwards. This was fixed by adding extra screws. All in all I would not recommend this hutch. I am really disappointed. If I'd bought it from a store I WOULD have returned it. Really poor value for money as we've had to put a new roof on (OK was given a discount to do this), one floor needs replacing due to a crack, I need to add wood to stop the bedding falling through the hole for the stairs and doorways (as this is a very large hutch having to replace all the bedding from the top floor every day is not very practical and is quite costly), the side is damaged and at least one panel of the wood should be replaced. The RRP is £200. No way is this worth that amount of money. I really do wish that when I saw the initial damage I arrange for it to be collected. I do not see this hutch lasting more than a couple of years was hoping that this one would last the rest of the lives of our middle aged rabbits.