Exhibit 5.1

                                January 9, 2001


K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
10 Route 35
Red Bank, NJ 07701

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (the "Company"), and to Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, ("Hovnanian"), and its subsidiary guarantors (together with
Hovnanian, the "Guarantors"), in connection with the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company and the Guarantors
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the issuance by the Company of
$150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10 1/2% Senior Notes due 2007 (the
"Exchange Securities") and the issuance by the Guarantors of guarantees (the
"Guarantees"), with respect to the Exchange Securities. The Exchange Securities
and the Guarantees will be issued under an indenture (the "Indenture") dated as
of October 2, 2000 among the Company, the Guarantors and First Union National
Bank, as Trustee. The Exchange Securities will be offered by the Company in
exchange for $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 10 1/2%
Senior Notes due 2007 (the "Securities").

     We have examined the Registration Statement and the Indenture, which has
been filed with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  We
also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed
copies, of such records, agreements, instruments and other documents and have
made such other and further


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investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the
opinions expressed herein. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we
have relied upon certificates of public officials and of officers and
representatives of the Company and the Guarantors.

     In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed the genuineness
of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of
all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents
of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies,
and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We also have
assumed that the Indenture is the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Trustee. We have assumed further that (1) the Company and the Guarantors have
duly authorized, executed and delivered the Indenture and (2) execution,
delivery and performance by the Company and the Guarantors of the Indenture and
the Exchange Securities and the Guarantees do not and will not violate the laws
of New Jersey or any other applicable laws (excepting the laws of the State of
New York and the Federal laws of the United States).

     Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations
stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

     1.  When the Exchange Securities have been duly executed, authenticated,
issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture upon the
exchange, the Exchange Securities will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms.


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     2.  When (a) the Exchange Securities have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture upon the exchange and (b) the Guarantees have been duly issued, the
Guarantees will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Guarantors enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms.

     Our opinions set forth above are subject to the effects of (1) bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, (2) general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (3) an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

     We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and we do not express
any opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of New
York, the Federal law of the United States and the Delaware General Corporation
Law.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

                                  Very truly yours,

                                  /s/Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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                                  SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT