Not Too Shabby!

It’s called Red Cottage but Noelene has created an elegantly gracious family home in this spacious gentleman’s residence which is child-friendly, dog-friendly – and party-friendly!

On a crisp, cold December day Noelene walked through the gates of a pretty County Antrim cottage and knew she was home. Having left a three-bed semi in Blackpool where she had been living before moving to Northern Ireland in 1995, the contrast couldn’t have been more marked. ‘I’d been renting initially when I moved over here but always kept an eye out for a forever home. I spotted Red Cottage in an ad in the local paper and made an appointment to view it. I’ll always remember the lovely bright winter’s day I first saw it. Driving in the gates, along the driveway and through the beautiful gardens iced with frost, I fell in love!’ laughs Noelene, a florist.

Read more in the March issue…