By Brendan Rees
A Casey cat rescuer now has a roof over herself and her cats after being left homeless last year.
2nd Chance Cat Rescue founder Daniela Maslen and her husband were hoping to turn their luck around last Christmas after the sale of their Hampton Park home feel through.
All their belongings were packed in semi-trailers while they sought temporary accommodation in Harkaway with their cats being kept in enclosures for weeks.
Ms Maslen, who also runs her own cleaning business, said they finally moved into their Cranbourne home just before Christmas.
“It’s taking time getting everything ready again,” she said.
“Our garage is till like a bomb went off. We haven’t unpacked everything from the garage. I couldn’t even take time off work.
According to Ms Maslen, at the time the buyers were “in the process of getting a loan together” which delayed settlement.
“His lawyer got him a loan through a private lender,” Ms Maslen said.
“He had to pay for our storage and accommodation. We didn’t get the whole amount for the accommodation from him. I think we got $5,000.”
Ms Maslen has applied for a Government grant to build a shelter in their garage.
“We can actually have more cats in there and have adoptions days. The more you can do for the animal welfare the better.”
2nd Chance Cat Rescue was recently nominated in the 2018 Casey Australia Day Awards for the Community Group of the Year, which Ms Maslen says was “really, really lovely” to be recognised.
Meanwhile, she and her husband are trying to keep their yard snake-proof yard after “two visitors” in the form of a 1.2 metre snake and baby snake made their way into their garden.
