Ontario – Custom Contemporary Home

Ontario – Custom Contemporary Home

This 1300 square foot custom contemporary home was shipped to Ontario earlier this summer. The client approached us with their own design and Tamlin’s in-house Design team worked alongside them to make it exactly what they were looking for. This design uses the SIPs...
Sunshine Coast – Custom Carriage House

Sunshine Coast – Custom Carriage House

This 1,800 square foot West Coast Contemporary carriage house was built on the Sunshine Coast, BC recently. Tamlin and the owners had worked together many years ago on their first home, and this new building was custom designed to complement the existing home. Tamlin...
Vancouver Island – Horne Lake 1279

Vancouver Island – Horne Lake 1279

We at Tamlin love receiving updates from clients as they finish up their home builds. More-so when they are an owner-builder who had their home to lock up incredibly quickly! This client on Vancouver Island initially contacted Tamlin in late 2018 and are now almost...
Update On Michigan – Custom Gambier

Update On Michigan – Custom Gambier

This customized Gambier was designed with Michigan zoning and building code requirements in mind. This particular design utilizes a hip roof to aid in snow load requirements and the minimum slope required for metal roofing. See below for some progress pictures. These...
Sechelt – Modified Georgia Strait

Sechelt – Modified Georgia Strait

The spectacular views from our clients’ homes continue to inspire our design team to create homes that take full advantage of them. This home, perched high on a cliff, on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast is no exception. This modified version of our Georgia Strait is...
Washington – Discovery Ridge 924

Washington – Discovery Ridge 924

Many of Tamlin’s prefabricated home clients are building accessory dwelling units, either for themselves to live in while they build their main house, as a guest house, or for extended family. Our Discovery Ridge series is quite popular for this reason. Our clients in...
New Hampshire – Contemporary Custom Home

New Hampshire – Contemporary Custom Home

This well-designed custom modern contemporary home was started from simple floor plan hand sketches in mid 2019 and some photos that the client liked. Tamlin’s experienced Design team worked with the owners and their local builder to pull together a conceptual plan...
Michigan – Custom Gambier

Michigan – Custom Gambier

This modified version of our popular Gambier model was shipped to Michigan just over a month ago. The Gambier was the perfect choice for the client; their modifications to the great room windows and the addition of a screened-in porch helps them to maximize the views...
Staging a Shipment

Staging a Shipment

You have worked with Tamlin to design your perfect home, the permits are done, the foundation is in and you are eagerly awaiting the arrival of your pre-fabricated house package.  Now what? Staging a Shipment Not everyone will have the room that the client did in...
Owner-Builder Training Course

Owner-Builder Training Course

In British Columbia, Canada, to be an owner builder you must pass an exam to comply with the BC Housing 2-5-10 warranty program. A course is offered to prepare the owner builder for this exam and last month the sales team and one of the designers at Tamlin attended...
Site Visit to The Discovery Ridge

Site Visit to The Discovery Ridge

This past weekend, two of Tamlin’s employees were able to walk through one of Tamlin’s recently built homes in Langley, BC. This home is a modified version of our original Discovery Ridge house plan. The house was designed to roughly 1,700 square feet, featuring a...
Spectacular Location

Spectacular Location

Finding the perfect piece of property can take weeks, months, or years. Figuring out what to build on it and the perfect spot to situate your home can take a long time as well. We always encourage our clients to pick the property first, not the plan. We can make any...
McCall, Idaho – Custom House Package

McCall, Idaho – Custom House Package

These clients came to us because they had fallen in love with our West Coast Contemporary award-winning Gambier home. They loved the clean lines and modern contemporary look. They worked with our design team to custom design this beautiful West Coast Contemporary Post...
QuadLock – ICF Technology

QuadLock – ICF Technology

As building codes in both Canada and U.S.A have evolved, one key development is the ability for all new homes to become more energy efficient. Specifically in British Columbia, a new provincial standard called the BC Energy Step code was introduced (please read our...