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JULY 2014
Tamlin’s main local business is general con-
tracting residential homes from start to finish.
Since it was established in 1977, Tamlin Homes,
has also manufactured home “packages” that
are shipped to remote building areas in other
provinces in Canada, and even shipped into
the United States and exported internationally.
The company has a complete catalogue of re-
sources to containerize and prefabricate many
of its homes that are customized to customer
satisfaction and shipped outside of the Vancou-
ver area. Most clients are located in Western
Canada—mainly, the Vancouver mainland and
in Alberta, but sometimes there are shipments
to clients as far away as Ontario and Quebec.
Co-owners and managing partners, Paul Ta-
buchi and Chris Lynn, grew with the company
over approximately 20 years and took it to a
new level approximately five years ago by pur-
chasing a plot of land about an hour outside
of Vancouver and building a head office with
a complete manufacturing and loading facility,
and design office in 2009. All of the design staff
work in-house at the location to average an im-
pressive 20-30 homes built per year. That’s a
combination of custom contracting homes and
remote packages for shipping. Providing re-
