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Owner Built Discovery Ridge House in California

Owner Built Discovery Ridge House in California

“It’s been an incredible journey and we have loved every minute of it. Definitely built with love.” Our Discovery Ridge prefabricated house package was perfect for this client's 5-acre lot in Nevada County, California.  The three-bedroom, two-bathroom version of...

Tamlin’s 2024 Home Plans

Tamlin’s 2024 Home Plans

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 altering...

California Timberframe Retreat

California Timberframe Retreat

 California Mountains - Douglas Fir Retreat If you are passionate about wood structures, this custom Tamlin timber frame project will interest you for sure! Set in a California mountain location this recreation center retreat has been designed with a solid Douglas Fir...

The Gambier

The Gambier

The award-winning Gambier prefabricated house package was the first in the Gambier series and was built on remote Gambier Island in British Columbia. Many people have told us that this does not look like a “prefab” home, which is a great compliment to our design,...

Beautiful Custom Hybrid Timber Frame Home

Beautiful Custom Hybrid Timber Frame Home

At Tamlin we love keeping in touch with our clients and hearing how they are enjoying their homes years later. This prefabricated house package was shipped to south central Washington State six years ago.  This home has a 2,080 square foot main floor with a 1,788...

New Plans – Coming Soon

New Plans – Coming Soon

Over the winter months, Tamlin was super busy working on 20 new designs for our house packages. We are so excited that the plans will be ready for launch soon on our website! Tamlin’s real uniqueness is the strength and experience of our in-house design technicians....

Why Have Lumber Prices Increased?

Why Have Lumber Prices Increased?

With record prices of lumber in the news these days, the cost of building a home has increased. There are a number of reasons for these cost increases which include the COVID-19 pandemic, but the main reason is higher demand with a limited supply. Headlines in the...

Georgia Strait – Connecticut, USA

Georgia Strait – Connecticut, USA

This beautiful wooded property in South-western Connecticut provided the perfect setting for our pre-fabricated Georgia Strait house package. The homeowners had Tamlin design their modified version of this plan on a partial basement/crawl space foundation which worked...

Sunshine Coast – “A Perfect Ocean-Front View”

Sunshine Coast – “A Perfect Ocean-Front View”

Garden Bay is a quaint community of 330 people, tucked away on the North Side of Pender Harbour. Nearby, Madiera Park and Garden Bay Provincial Park are popular boating areas with miles of beautiful Pacific shorelines. Another one of Tamlin’s modern Contemporary West...

California Custom Timber Frame – California, USA

California Custom Timber Frame – California, USA

This spectacular 5,000 square foot custom hybrid timber frame house package was shipped in the summer of 2022, from Vancouver, Canada to California, USA. Tamlin worked closely with the homeowner and architect to customize the timber frame components which were precut...