Here is the 5000 words I typed out for building materials coarse not knowing it only allowed 500 words. Ughhh. Haha. So this is the list of materials. Sorry in advance again for not knowing exactly how to navigate this skool app yet but I really hope this group reaches the animal lovers who are as passionate about helping strays as I am! Thank you to eveyone who even takes the time to read this or read the intro to the group! Even 1 person besides me building condos for these homeless strays makes a difference! I hope to have people all over America and farther helping with this one day. In this coarse I'm going to tell you all what exactly we all need to build these little guys a nice place they can call home. In reality though as long as your building something that protects them from the elements and that you can easily set up anywhere in your yard. That's all these little guys need to have a fighting chance to survive. There's nothing better then knowing you made a huge difference in weather or not some sweet little animal is going to survive or not thanks to your condo that you made by hand. So let's get to it. First off your going to need either 2 by 2s that are 6ft in length or 8 ft works too if your building something a little bigger than what I'm proposing. Or you can use 1 by 1s by 6ft or 8ft. -Then your going to want to get plywood that's 1/2in thick and about 4ft by 4ft to start. Make sure it's 1/2 thick or more so that it's thick enough to hold the animals weight and withstand the wind and or elements it may endure. -Measuring tapes and pencils! Lots of both of these. Specially pencils. They always tend to roll away when you need them most. :) - If you want to install a small camera in it to see who comes into your little condo and watch your furry friend, your more then welcome to! Just be sure to post the cutiest moments with all of us in the group! -Your going to want to get a box of screws or nails about an 1 in long. 2in is fine but you don't want the screw or nail to go in crooked and be sticking out an have the animal hurt itself by stepping on it or anything so the shorter the better but long enough that when you put the pieces up together and screw them down it grips enough of each piece to hold it together sturdy. Which means 1/2in plywood meeting at the corners and having to screw it together is 1in total so try to get screws a little longer then 1in. Bout 1"1/4in is fine, 1"1/2in if you want to be certain it'll hold up.

Hey everyone! I just wanted to introduce myself. My name's King. I started this group because of my passion for animals. Every year I see so many stray animals and so I decided to start building little condos that cats (or any stray small animal) can call home during those brutal winters or those crazy summers. The little condos are small enough any person could easily put it in their backyard or side of the house and it not be in the way or an eye soar. Each condo has one flapper door entrance and I like to make it so there's food and water right by the entrance for the animal and then towards the back a soft bed for it to sleep on which you can put an icepack on during the summer or a heating pad in the winter. I also want to try to intricate solar for maybe a small fan in the summer but that's later on. For right now simple is key and simple and cheap to build is key. Basically all materials I'm talking about for building a small foot high by two feet long by foot wide little condo is relatively cheap to get. Basically it's just plywood and one by one pieces of lumber and then the rest you can find at any thrift store or arc. It doesn't take alot to give these poor animals somewhere to call home so if you would like to know more and join the group to help support the cause and help with supplies, that's what the membership fee of ten dollars is for an evey little bit helps! So thank you all so much for taking the time to even read this and if you do join thank you very very much and we will be in contact if you do! Look forward to giving these little ones homes they can feel safer in and hopefully survive these brutal summers and winters in just like we do! Much love! -King