The overall presentation is very cute. However there is really not enough space in each room to play with 2 dolls. The elevator is also very tricky to work properly.
My 5 year old loves to play with the Barbie house. She enjoys all the sounds that it makes and how the TV lifts out of the mantle. I would recommend this product to a friend, but I would be sure to tell them that it is not very well made. The chairs have fallen apart many times and the canopy on the bed does not stay together. I think it was expensive for the quality of the product.
This purchase was for my daughter's "big" Christmas gift from Santa last year. She didn't actually ask for it, but my own most memorable Christmas was when I received my Barbie Dreamhouse (in 1977 I believe) and so I purchased this gift as much for sentimental reasons as anything else. The dollhouse was fairly simple to assemble, but I found that a lot of the pre-applied stickers were loose. Overall the final assembled product is very sturdy, and pretty. ;) My daughter was shocked and very happy on Christmas morning to find it sitting beside the tree. The price is a little high, but if your child is into Barbie it's well worth the money.