by Admin | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog, Ship to the USA
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...
by Admin | Mar 19, 2021 | Blog, Ship to the USA
Many of our clients who have taken the opportunity to work through permit plans and engineering with Tamlin during the Fall and Winter months are now in a great position to take advantage of setting up delivery schedules for their house packages once their building...
by Admin | Mar 19, 2021 | Blog, Ship to the USA
Located in an area of Michigan where some of the finest trout fishery is located and steeped in interesting history (Ernest Hemmingway fished in and wrote about this area) sits one of our custom Discovery Ridge homes. This prefabricated house package was shipped...
by Admin | Mar 19, 2021 | Blog
This 1800 square foot west coast contemporary carriage house was built on the Sunshine Coast 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 not...
by Admin | Mar 19, 2021 | Blog
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...
by Admin | Mar 19, 2021 | Blog, Ship to the USA
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...
by Admin | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Admin | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog, Ship to the USA
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...
by Admin | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog, Ship to the USA
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...
by Admin | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog, Ship to the USA
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...
by Paul | Mar 1, 2020 | Blog
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...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, Ship to the USA
This beautiful wooded property in south-western Connecticut provided the perfect setting for our pre-fabricated Georgia Strait house package. These owners had Tamlin design their modified version of this plan on a partial basement/crawl space foundation which worked...
by Paul | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog
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...
by Paul | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog, Home Page Top
Planning to build your own house in BC? Here’s what you need to know about the new rules from the Homeowner Protection Office (HPO): If you, as a Home Owner, are considering registering as the “builder” for your new home construction, it is important to investigate...
by Paul | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog
Building a New Home is One of the Biggest Investments in a Lifetime Having the Right Builder can make all the Difference! Here are some helpful hints when considering the contractor of choice: 1) Check current building projects in the area and throughout your area –...
