Used cat trees in Melbourne typically sell for A$38 to A$170 (about $27 to $120). Cat trees are bought on height and sturdiness and sold on hygiene — buyers assume the worst about a used one, so clean it hard and photograph it honestly.
Selling a cat tree in Melbourne
Melbourne has the strongest vintage and op-shop culture in Australia and a large student population across several universities, so buying second hand here is entirely ordinary. It is also the country’s music city, which keeps instruments, amps and records moving in a way they do not everywhere.
Students arrive in February and leave in November, which inverts the northern-hemisphere rhythm. The inner suburbs also carry a lot of share-house accommodation, and share houses reshuffle constantly rather than seasonally.
On anything stored in a garage or shed, check for damp. The winters here are wetter and colder than the city’s reputation suggests, and fabric and particle board both suffer for it.
Melbourne, in Victoria, has around 5.1 million people, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Melbourne
Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.
What cat trees are worth
What lifts the price
- Removable, washable covers
- Larger multi-level designs
What pulls it down
- Wobbling bases, which cats avoid
- Odour, which is difficult to remove entirely
Working out what yours is worth
- Push the top platform to check for wobble
- Clean thoroughly and photograph in daylight
Getting it ready
- Vacuum every platform and the carpet surfaces, and clean out any enclosed bed thoroughly.
- Be honest about whether the previous cat sprayed on it. That is a smell that does not come out and it must not be a surprise.
Photograph
- The platforms and any hammock or enclosed bed, from above
- The base and any wobble point, plus every worn, shredded or stained area
Put in the description
- Condition of the sisal and the carpet surfaces
- Whether it dismantles, and whether all fixings are present
Height and features: “150cm Cat Tree with Hammock and 2 Beds, Sisal Posts”. Height is the search and stability is the concern, so mention the base size for a tall unit. Say if it dismantles, which decides whether it fits in a car.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Victoria)
Common questions
Where can I sell a cat tree in Melbourne?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Does it smell?
Answer honestly, including whether the previous cat sprayed on it. This is the one thing that makes a cat tree worthless, and it cannot be hidden at collection.
How much is a cat tree worth in Melbourne?
Most used cat trees change hands for A$38 to A$170 (about $27 to $120). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a cat tree across Australia, what cat trees are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Pet Supplies in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.