Ours was in the basement, just needed to be cat and dog proof. LOL. Actually it originally was in a 'crate' I had made when one of the dogs was a pup. The hutch I made mostly from wood I had. I did buy plastic coated 'hardware cloth' and a masonry mixing pan. I set it up so the pan slid under on rails to catch all the horrible excretions that cute little fuzz ball produced. :eek: