Cat tree for 4 cats of different ages

Four cats at once means territory negotiation is a daily reality in your house — and a cat tree becomes a serious piece of social infrastructure, not just a scratching post with shelves. The most important things in any cat tree are stability and height. It must not wobble when a cat launches off it at speed, because one bad experience and they'll never use it again. And cats genuinely feel safer the higher they can get. Cheap trees fail on both counts and end up as expensive clothes horses. So — how many of your four are large or heavy, how active are the younger ones, and how much floor space can you give it?

That's a demanding mix — a heavy Maine Coon who needs solid, wide platforms and two kittens who'll be launching themselves off everything at full speed. The 4kg adult will want somewhere quiet to retreat where the kittens can't easily corner her. You need height, multiple separate platforms so they're not forced to share one level, and a base that won't tip when 7kg of Maine Coon descends at pace. How tall can you go — are you limited by ceiling height or happy to go up to around 170cm?

Then I'd go with the Feandrea 173cm Large Cat Tree, the model with multiple platforms, two condos, and a wide base — it's sold under the FEANDREA brand on Amazon UK and consistently handles multi-cat households with heavy cats. The posts are thick and the base footprint is solid enough that a Maine Coon launching off the top hammock won't send the whole thing swaying. You get six or seven distinct resting spots at different heights, so each cat can claim their own level. The kittens will use the ladders and ramps obsessively, the Maine Coon can take a lower wide platform where his weight is best supported, and your calmer adult can sit at the top where nobody bothers her. Assembly takes an hour but the instructions are decent and it genuinely doesn't wobble once built properly.

The larger platforms on that model are rated well above 7kg and they're wide enough that a Maine Coon can stretch out rather than perch awkwardly. The lower platforms are the sturdiest — I'd let him own one of those rather than expecting him to use the very top. The condos are on the smaller side for a big cat, so he probably won't use those, but the flat platforms are genuinely comfortable for a heavy cat. The kittens will sort themselves out around him pretty quickly once hierarchy gets established.

Yes — it comes in grey and beige tones that are genuinely inoffensive in a living room. Feandrea have moved away from the garish sisal-and-carpet combinations that plagued cat trees for years. The grey version in particular is tidy-looking. Search for 'FEANDREA 173cm cat tree large' on Amazon UK and it'll come up. Worth checking reviews filtered by photos — you'll see it in real homes and get a sense of scale before you buy.