by Admin | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog
Choosing the right exterior finishing material for your custom timber frame home is an important design choice that can be factored by personal preference, aesthetics, maintenance, and affordability. At Tamlin, traditional Western Red Cedar and Cement Board siding are...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog
A noteworthy trend in remote building locations is the increasing adoption of stricter construction guidelines. Sometimes this is due to energy code revisions, structural requirements (seismic zoning), development changes, or local adoption of tighter environmental or...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog
The Discovery Ridge is one of Tamlin’s popular prefabricated house package models. This home built in Northern California was customized for the owner and includes a 1,775 square foot main living area with 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a flex room built on a slab...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog
We are excited to share some of the first photos of this prefabricated house package, which was shipped in April of this year. We had shipped the prefabricate garage package in July 2022, so when the house package was loaded onto 3 trucks and shipped to this client...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Admin | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog
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,...
by Admin | May 1, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Admin | May 1, 2023 | Blog
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...
by Joanne Palmer | Jul 20, 2018 | Blog
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 buildings. Tamlin was honoured to be...
by Paul | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog
Flexible Design This 4,000 square foot, three story 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 time...
by Paul | Dec 15, 2015 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin is a general contractor of custom residential homes which gives us a huge advantage when we are designing and shipping our house packages to remote areas or out-of- province destinations. Here is some information on how you can benefit from our thirty...
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 12, 2015 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin Homes will be participating in the 2015 Calgary Home and Garden Show at the BMO Centre, Stampede Park. If you are in the area please come by and check us out! Tamlin’s Booth Number is 2102! We hope to see you there and look forward to meeting all of you!...
by Paul | Jul 22, 2014 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
One of the owners of Tamlin recently contacted Mr. & Mrs. Bell who have just completed their Tamlin Timber Frame Home just outside Denver , Colorado USA. Tamlin performs a survey after each project is completed to receive feedback from home owners so we can...
