I got this hotel as a gift and also equal picked a beautiful place for it - even if I had read only the net, what works and what does not. Perhaps an enclosed instruction in this regard would not be a bad idea. It also does not take long before the first crawlies are drafted. The hollow Small pipe were significantly thinner than in the photo with me and have all the birds around this animated, or take it as nesting material, so that the two subjects were constantly cleared and had to be replenished. Only since I have also "barred", the cottage is not a DIY store for the feathered friends more. My verdict: pretty, well made and worth its price.