Laneway Home

Vancouver & Lower Mainland, Blog, Building Your Custom Home, Project Management, BC Greater Vancouver

At Tamlin, we love staying in touch with our clients and getting to visit with them from time to time. Recently we were able to pay a visit to the owners of this beautiful laneway home and hear how much they are still enjoying their Tamlin Home.     In 2013,...

Barrier Free Addition for 2 Generation Living – Burnaby

Building Your Custom Home, Blog

When the owner of this home started discussing adding a registered in-law suite to his home he wanted to make it an addition to the home rather than a renovation to the basement to make a basement suite. He wanted his parents to have the feel of living in a home,...

Thinking About Designing a New Home?

Building Your Custom Home

With Over 40 Years of Custom Home Designing, Tamlin Can Draw You the Perfect Home! How We Design: We are happy to custom design your plan from scratch or redraw a plan that you already have. We have many clients that have found a floor layout and style of home that...

What you need to know about the new HPO Owner-Builder rules in BC

Blog

The BC Energy Code has changed and many builders, home owners and architects have questions: On December 19th 2014, the BC Building Code introduced significant energy efficiency requirements for houses and small buildings. During 2015 many building departments and...

Flush Mounted Floor System – Why Do It?

Building Your Custom Home, Blog

Flush Mounted Joists Some of the homes we build, have a system in them that allows the home to have almost no grade change when you exit the building. This is known as ‘flush mounted joists’. The main advantage of this system is to have little or no stairs as you exit...

Construction Estimating

Project Management

Why Is The Estimate Important? The estimate is likely one of the most important aspects of the pre-build planning feasibility process. It is the foundation of the whole build. We will require an accurate estimate for the bank if you require financing and for you as a...

Are You Planning to Build a New Home?

Building Your Custom Home, Blog

You’ve Come To The Right Place! There are several things to consider when you are planning to build a new home. Tamlin can assist in all aspects of the planning process. We are experts in home design and custom home building. This is your dream home, whether is...