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Tamlin’s Modern Farmhouse – Hybrid Timber Frame and SIP
Established in 1977, Tamlin has 46 years of building experience in a diverse range of home building styles, and many of our projects are custom designed. These days, with higher building costs and more technical requirements for engineered drawings and building...
The Perfect Way to Design your Dream Home – for the Best Views with Full Customization!
Can you imagine what the view could look like from your lot? We recall one of the first meetings with this client who expressed their interest in working directly with Tamlin to plan a dream home for retirement that would reflect their personal living style. The home...
Designing with a View on Higher Quality
When designing and building your house, windows play a huge role in the function of your home. They allow for natural light, ventilation (passive cooling) and provide for the best unobstructed views especially for scenic locations. If your priority is views,...
Tamlin’s Real West Coast Custom Home
Vancouver Island is a vacation paradise on the west coast of Canada. With a spectacular range of sandy beach coastlines and rugged/rocky coastlines, the towns of Tofino and Ucluelet are on the west side of the island. Both picturesque towns offer the best in fishing,...
Custom “Discovery Ridge” Gulf Islands BC
This 2100 square foot west coast contemporary home (including basement) was customized from Tamlin’s “Discovery Ridge Series” to meet the client’s needs on one of the smaller Gulf Islands in BC. As an off-the-grid home, the owner-builder approached Tamlin not only for...
Benefits of Tamlin’s Preliminary Design Process
At some point in time as you plan your home building project it will be necessary to having drawings produced. In many cases, you may or may not be committed to a builder, architect, or design company, and you may not know where to start. It can often be a daunting...
Colorado Gambier with Garage
At Tamlin we work closely with our clients to identify potential issues and find workable solutions. In the case of this project, it was working the construction schedule around the Colorado winters. Our solution was to ship the garage and house package...
San Juan Islands Discovery Ridge
The San Juan Islands in Washington State are the perfect location for one of our West Coast Contemporary prefabricated house packages. The design of the Discover Ridge with its many windows that enhance the gorgeous landscape makes it the perfect home for these...
Custom Discovery Ridge – Remote Discovery Islands, BC
This customized Discovery Ridge home project is nearing completion on Quadra Island, off the east coast of Vancouver Island. The home was designed for a retiring couple who wanted the perfect contemporary home retreat to enjoy island living. The house is about 1500 sq...
Custom West Coast Contemporary – Vancouver Island BC
After months of planning, permit submissions, engineering, and final building approval, Tamlin commenced this 4,500 square foot custom west coast contemporary home on Vancouver Island in the fall of 2022. With completion of the site work and foundation, the home is...
Tamlin’s Quality Prefinishing Option: Save Time and Costs on Site
If you have scrolled through Tamlin’s website photo gallery you will have seen many beautifully designed homes which often utilize Tamlin’s factory prefinishing option for sidings, timber frame, and trim. Factory prefinishing is a natural fit with our prefabricated...
Update on Michigan – Custom Gambier
Our Michigan – Custom Gambier project is nearly complete! As part of our design process we ensure that our house package will meet the zoning and building code requirements anywhere that our clients build. For this particular project, we had modified our popular...
