Prefab cabins and homes, built in BC for BC.
We manufacture in Cobble Hill on Vancouver Island, which makes British Columbia our home market rather than an export destination. Coastal cabins, Interior acreages, island lots and Lower Mainland infill, engineered for the loads where you are building.
Rising build costs are pushing people toward this
Construction costs in British Columbia have climbed to the point where a lot of owners are reconsidering how they build rather than whether they build. Prefabricated cabins, smaller dwellings and efficient custom homes are getting a serious look from people who would have defaulted to a conventional contractor five years ago.
Panelized packages answer the two problems driving that: they need less on-site labour, and they cut the exposed portion of a build to days. On a coastal site through a wet autumn, that second point is worth more than it sounds.
Searching manufactured homes?
Manufactured, modular and panelized are three legally distinct things, and the category decides your permitting path, your financing and where you are allowed to build. Pacific Homes builds panelized packages: components manufactured off site, assembled on your foundation, treated as a site-built home. The full comparison, including financing and title.
Engineered for your municipality and your exposure
BC covers coastal rainforest, Interior desert, mountain snow country and everything between. A package engineered for a Gulf Island lot is a different structure from one heading to Revelstoke.
Local snow, wind and seismic
Ground snow load, wind speed and seismic design set for your municipality and elevation. Coastal seismic requirements and Interior snow loads are both real design inputs rather than boilerplate.
BC Building Code and Step Code
Packages are engineered to the BC Building Code, and wall depth can be specified to hit your target step under the BC Energy Step Code. How the SmartWall® meets Step Code.
Secondary suites and the incentive program
Owners building a secondary suite may qualify for the provincial Secondary Suite Incentive Program, worth up to $40,000 depending on size and total cost.
Island and remote delivery
Flat panels ship on standard trucks and ferries, which is why island and off-road sites stay workable. Our own island location means we do this constantly rather than occasionally.
Wet coast, cold Interior, one system
A coastal envelope is fighting moisture and a long mild heating season. An Interior envelope is fighting genuine cold. The same wall serves both because depth is specified to the site rather than fixed, in 2x6, 2x8 or 2x10.
Independent testing by RDH Building Science measured effective R-21.1, R-27.1 and R-33.9 at a 14% framing factor, against roughly R-13 for a conventional 2x6 batt wall. Panels were separately tested for a full year at BCIT's Cold Weather Testing Facility, which showed reduced moisture buildup alongside the efficiency gains.
Where a British Columbia budget goes
Your package price is locked before construction starts, which removes the largest variable from the budget. Land, foundation, services, permits and assembly labour are quoted locally by your builder. Design, estimating and engineering are included rather than billed separately.
Where packages go
Packages ship from our facility in Cobble Hill, British Columbia, and we have been delivering internationally since 1989. No site is too remote.
Vancouver Island
Our home ground. Cobble Hill, the Cowichan Valley, Victoria and up island, with the shortest delivery run we have.
The Gulf Islands
Ferry access, tight sites and thin local supply, which is exactly the case panelized construction answers.
Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley
Infill lots, secondary suites and acreage builds where land cost makes an efficient footprint worth designing for.
The Okanagan and the Interior
Hot dry summers, cold winters and real snow load. Wall depth earns its cost here.
The Kootenays and mountain country
Serious snow loads, short seasons and difficult access. Closing in fast matters more than anywhere.
Northern and remote BC
Long supply runs and limited trades. A complete sequenced package removes most of the problem before the crew arrives.
What buyers here ask
Kit home, prefab package and panelized package all describe the same thing: a complete set of engineered components manufactured off site and assembled on your foundation by a licensed local builder. It is not a manufactured home on a chassis and it is not a modular home shipped as finished boxes. Because the house is completed on site under the same permitting and inspection process as any custom build, the finished home is treated as a site-built home.
The package is one part of the total. Your building package price is locked in before construction begins, which removes the largest variable from the budget, while site costs such as land, foundation, services, permits and local labour vary locally and are quoted by your builder. A practical way to size a project early is to divide your total budget by the going cost per square foot in your area.
A licensed local builder or contractor of your choosing. We manufacture and deliver the package with complete assembly documentation, and our team stays available for technical questions through construction. If you do not have a builder yet, we can point you toward contractors who have assembled our packages before.
Yes. Panelized packages ship flat on standard trucks rather than as finished three dimensional boxes, so they travel where modular homes cannot. That makes island properties, acreages and sites with limited road access workable. We plan the logistics for your specific site, including access roads and ferry routes.
Yes, and it is one of the more common reasons people call us in BC right now. Provincial policy has been pushing toward more units on existing lots, and the Secondary Suite Incentive Program may offset a meaningful share of the cost. Rules vary by municipality, so confirm what your lot permits before design. Our small home plans and duplex plans both suit this well.
For BC clients, yes, in two practical ways. Freight is shorter and cheaper than for anyone shipping from the Prairies or the US, and you can drive to the plant and watch your components being built. Tours are open to homeowners, which is unusual in this industry and worth taking up if you are within a few hours.
Tell us about your British Columbia lot.
Send us your location, your rough budget and a plan if you have one. Your Build Specialist will come back with what a Pacific Homes package looks like on your property, engineered for your local loads. Our plans or yours, we build them all.