Coleen Nolan and her daughter Ciara Fensome have their hands full at their new family farm in Staffordshire. Coleen, 60, and 23-year-old Ciara got the keys to their dream property in June and have since transformed the six-acre farm so they can live close – but not too close.

Ciara, whose dad is musician Ray Fensome, lives in a separate house which was used by the previous owner’s as an Airbnb with her new fiancé Max, Coleen tells OK! during an exclusive chat and house tour. The couple got engaged in Vietnam in March, when Max popped the question during a boat trip in Ha Long Bay, and now help Coleen manage her 30 animal-farm.

The farm is set in six-acres of countryside(Image: OK! Magazine / David Cummings)

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Ciara, who is animal-mad like her famous mum, says she couldn’t be more proud seeing Coleen finally achieve her dream. “She’s worked her entire life and to see a nearly 60-year-old woman with all this to herself is so inspiring,” she shared.

“I’m absolutely loving living here. It went from a house to a home within a couple of days. We’re actually living my dream life, too, and I’m so grateful. I couldn’t be more proud of her. I look out my window in the morning and can see the horses and it’s the best feeling.”

Ciara and Max’s house is already looking very festive

Ciara’s home – which Coleen admits she treats like the “local restaurant” because Ciara’s such a good cook – sits apart from Coleen’s bigger farmhouse, and Coleen is keen to make it clear that they can’t see into each other’s houses!

“If I had to have neighbours, they’d be the ones I’d want. Although I think they think I’m the local Tesco Express because Ciara will come up and leave with a Tesco bag of whatever she’s found in my fridge. But then she’s like my local restaurant because I’ll go up there for my dinner and then come home again. So, I can’t really complain when she comes and steals the ingredients.”

On an exclusive tour of Ciara’s annexe house, Coleen says her daughter has a “good eye” for design and has it made very homely and cosy.

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Ciara and Max’s house has a lovely homely feel

Ciara loves all the natural textures that fit well in a cottage

“It’s a gorgeous place for her and Max to live. She’s made it all Christmassy,” she said. “She has the same library and Bookcase that I’ve got. In my other house they were put together and went down the whole wall, when we came here, because we both love books and bookcases, we were able to chop it in half so she got one, and I got one.

“She’s been traveling for six months so she’s got a lot of things up here from her travels. Just homely.. sitting here reading a book, it’s perfect. It just feels so homely, she’s got a good eye for it. And they tell me they’re very happy here and that’s all I care about.”