by Admin | Jul 4, 2024 | Blog
Whether you’re envisioning your dream house as a cozy timber frame cottage or a West Coast contemporary home, you will love our newest design series. Based on our most popular home packages, we have engineered our 2024 home plans to be customizable without...
by Mike Pendon | Dec 17, 2019 | Blog
It is with great excitement that we are able to announce that our new, second boardroom is finished! This large multi-purpose room will be used to host seminars, lunch and learns and design meetings. Photo above shows a meeting held recently in our new boardroom for...
by Joanne Palmer | Jul 25, 2018 | Blog
The rugged coastal wilderness at the northern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada is home to Cape Scott Provincial Park. Established in 1973, the park has about 30 kilometers of remote beaches. A 6 hour hike from the trailhead brings you to Nels Bight,...
by Joanne Palmer | Jul 20, 2018 | Blog
Gleneagles Golf Course Introduction Open since 1927 Gleneagles golf course is greater Vancouver’s fifth oldest continuously operated public golf course. In 2008/2009 the District of West Vancouver undertook a major restoration and addition to the Gleneagles...
by Joanne Palmer | Jul 20, 2018 | Blog
John Lawson Park on the beach in West Vancouver is a huge part of the history and heritage of the area. In 1872, Navy Jack Thomas, West Vancouver’s first non-native resident, built his home there and in 1905, John Lawson, the “father” of West Vancouver, settled in the...
by Paul | Jul 6, 2018 | Blog
Where is Tuktoyaktuk? Tamlin Homes recently shipped two custom Douglas Fir timber frame picnic shelters to the North West Territories (NT). If you are not familiar with this hamlet, Tuktoyaktuk is a small settlement with a population of about 1,000 and is the only...
by Paul | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog
Flexible Design This 4,000 square foot, three storey home was custom designed in 2016-2017 for a young professional couple in Whistler, British Columbia. They wanted the flexibility to live in the home and expand their space as their family needs grew. At the same...
by Paul | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog
Wall Panel and Timber Assembly Another custom hybrid timber frame prefabricated house package was recently shipped to Washington State, USA from Tamlin’s facility in British Columbia, Canada. This custom is a 3,870 square foot home with 1,550 square foot garage...
by Paul | Dec 16, 2016 | Blog
During the cold winter months, our thoughts often turn to spring. Most people dream of sunshine and flowers, but here at Tamlin, we’re looking forward to this season for a different reason. For members of the BC home builder community, spring is synonymous with...
by Paul | Feb 4, 2015 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin has just finished pouring the foundations on both of these homes yesterday on Galiano Beach. Our on site crew is amazing and so efficient and hard working. These modern contemporary homes over look the ocean and have large view windows to take in all the...
by Paul | Jan 29, 2015 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
Jan 29, 2015 Tamlin has just finished pouring the footings for two custom timber frame homes on Galiano Island. The homes are being built at the same time with sub trades moving from one to the next. We are fortunate that our homeowners already have a cottage on the...
by Paul | Apr 15, 2014 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin was selected to supply a ranger Cabin for BC Parks in Cape Scott Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, BC. This project was especially tricky as it was being transported to site first by truck, then by helicopter. We had to ensure all lifts were between 750-900...
by Paul | Apr 15, 2014 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin constructed a beautiful Western Red Cedar timber frame gazebo park structure for BC Parks on Cortes Island. This amazing gazebo is almost complete now. We sent over one of our own timber framers to assemble it on site. The structure is in the Smelt Bay...
by Paul | Apr 3, 2014 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
This year at the Edmonton Home and Garden Show, Tamlin met lots of people and made tons of great connections. This year’s show was very busy, with many amazing exhibitors. It was fun to catch up with old clients and talk about their projects and how much they love...
by Paul | Nov 28, 2013 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin Homes Newsletter November 2013 Tamlin Homes NewsletterNovember 2013 Welcome to the Fall Newsletter! Thanks for reading our Fall newsletter! In this issue you will find: Myths regarding house ‘Packages’ The “HPO” Home Warranty (for B.C....
