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 | 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 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. 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 | 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 | Dec 16, 2015 | Blog
Do you know what the HPO is for New Construction? The Homeowner Protection Act (Act) provides for the licensing of residential builders and makes third-party home warranty insurance mandatory on new home construction throughout the province of BC. The licensing and...
by Paul | Jun 3, 2015 | Blog, Home Page Top
This home has been a pleasure to build. Our home owners have been amazing, as have all of our sub trades. Some of whom have been away from their families constructing someone else’s dream home for months at a time! Great job team! During the next few weeks, the...
by Paul | Jul 9, 2014 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin was awarded the ranger cabin project on Vancouver Island close to Port McNeill in the Cape Scott Provincial Park. This project was tricky as all the lifts had to be in 750-900 lb manageable sizes for the helicopter access site. This cabin is right on the ocean...
by Paul | Dec 2, 2013 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
The Cabin on Cortes Island is just about complete now. The homeowners anticipate completion in the next few weeks and are very happy with the crew that has constructed this cabin. Tamlin supplied the weather tight lock up shell and some interior finishes such as the...
by Paul | Oct 3, 2013 | Blog, Home Page Top
Progress is great on this major renovation and the homeowners are very pleased with how smoothly everything is going. We couldn’t have asked for better weather for this project either! Now that the weather has turned in to fall rain and wind, the interior...
by Paul | Oct 1, 2013 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
The home owners are thrilled with everything about their ‘DREAM’ home! They are settled in now and and enjoying all the planning, work, and excitement that has built up over the last year. This modern contemporary custom family home stands out and the...
by Paul | Aug 26, 2013 | About, Blog, Home Page Top
This is a full renovation that is underway on Thetis Island now. Tamlin has built on Thetis before and is very familiar with remote island access and the logistics of such builds. We also have an amazing transportation company that we use for all of our remote builds....
by Paul | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin’s Cortes Island reclaimed douglas fir cabin is nearing the final phases of framing. It was shipped prefabricated and ready to assemble on site. Progress has been steady and now the roof system is on, the deck is almost complete and the windows and doors...
by Paul | Jun 20, 2013 | Blog, Home Page Top
In only two weeks our supervision crew and two local carpenters have completed all of the precut milled log installation and continued on to the loft floor and roof framing stages. The western red cedar milled logs look and smell spectacular! The owners are extremely...
by Paul | Jun 18, 2013 | Blog, Home Page Top
Tamlin just shipped another custom packaged home to the Gulf Islands, this time Thetis Island! This is the third home that Tamlin has designed and shipped to this island and everything is off to a good start. There is a big advantage in shipping a complete package to...
