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,...
Blog, BC Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands
At just under 2600 square feet, you can see why this stunning west coast contemporary home was a Georgie Award Finalist in 2017. Built on an island in Southern British Columbia. This home was custom designed by Tamlin to take full advantage of the panoramic views of...
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...
BC Greater Vancouver, Blog
What is the Step Code for British Columbia? The new “Step Code” which has already been implemented in a number of municipalities across BC, is the new “energy efficiency” buildings must meet (per zone or location). The overall gradual mandate is to get all new built...
Building Your Custom Home
Designing for the best ocean views from all areas of the house was the focus from the very beginning of this project. This 1,800 square foot modern contemporary home, now at the drywall stage of construction, is complete one level living at its best. For...
Building Your Custom Home
For many people, Whistler is a snowy getaway full of skiing and hot chocolate in the winter and an adventurous mountain bikers’ dream in the summer. When you first step onto the cobblestone streets between busy restaurants and the laid-back vacationers, you’ll notice...
Building Your Custom Home
This beautiful, contemporary-modern 1700 sq foot custom home with an oversized two car garage was recently completed by Tamlin Homes. The home owners were so impressed with our original “Discovery Ridge” they wanted to modify this plan and add a garage...
Blog, Vancouver & Lower Mainland
It’s Trade Show Season! *Keep Reading for Discounts to the Show!* We absolutely love trade shows! They are fun for both our staff and our clients. It gives our sales and marketing team and award winning designers/project managers a chance to meet with...
Blog, Building Your Custom Home
Giving yourself plenty of time to prepare for building can save thousands of dollars. Rushing through the process in the spring not only exponentially increases your stress, but by that time it may be too late to secure construction crews, or to fulfill building...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
