Laneway Home

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

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,...

Tamlin Coquitlam Head Office Addition

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Over the years Tamlin has always tried to make its offices showplaces for the products that go into our prefabricated house packages and full builds. It allows our employees to work in beautiful timber frame offices and is an essential tool for our sales team to be...

Location, Location, Location

Blog, Vancouver & Lower Mainland

Fifteen minutes from the city of Vancouver in West Vancouver, on a quiet secluded street is this fantastic lot with ocean views. Although there were some challenges it was well worth it to the owners of this two storey 3500 square foot custom contemporary home, now...

Barrier Free Addition for 2 Generation Living – Burnaby

Blog, Building Your Custom Home

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,...

Gleneagles Golf Course

Building Your Custom Home

 Tamlin Chosen to Restore Gleneagles 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...

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

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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...

Our New Office in Coquitlam!

BC Greater Vancouver, Blog

We welcome you to stop in at our Coquitlam office and chat about your project. Just give us a call and we can book an appointment with you to ensure we are available for an allotted amount of time. Reasons to Come in For a Consultation: You can look through literature...

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...