GIORDANO, HALLERAN & CIESLA
                           A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

                                ATTORNEYS AT LAW

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                                                                       Exhibit 5


                                 August 22, 2003


Calton, Inc.
125 Half Mile Road, Suite 206
Red Bank, New Jersey  07701

Gentlemen:

     We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), filed on this date by
Calton, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), to which this opinion letter is attached as an exhibit, for the
registration of (i) 150,000 shares (the "Purchase Plan Shares") of the Company's
Common Stock, $.05 par value ("Common Stock") which are proposed to be offered
and sold by the Company, from time to time, under the Calton, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the "Employee Stock Purchase Plan"), and (ii) 500,000
shares (the "Equity Plan Shares") of Common Stock which are proposed to be
offered and sold by the Company under the Calton, Inc. 2000 Equity Incentive
Plan (the "Equity Incentive Plan").

     We have examined the original or photostatic or certified copy of such
documents, records and other information as we deemed relevant and necessary as
the basis for the opinion set forth below. In such examination, we have assumed
the authenticity of each document submitted to us as an original, the conformity
to the original document of each document submitted to us as a certified or
photostatic copy, and the authenticity of the original of each such latter
document. In addition, we have assumed, in rendering the opinion set forth
below, that any stock certificate evidencing any shares of the Company's Common
Stock when issued pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan or Equity
Incentive Plan, will have been duly executed on behalf of the Company and will
have been countersigned by the Company's transfer agent and registered by the
Company's registrar prior to their issuance.

     On the basis of our examination mentioned above, subject to the assumptions
stated and relying on statements of fact contained in the documents that we have
examined, we are of the opinion that:



GIORDANO, HALLERAN & CIESLA
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
    ATTORNEYS AT LAW


Calton, Inc.
August 22, 2003
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     1.   The Purchase Plan Shares have been duly and validly authorized and
reserved for issuance and that upon the issuance of the Purchase Plan Shares
against payment therefore in accordance with the provisions of the Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, the Purchase Plan Shares will be validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable.

     2.   The Equity Plan Shares have been duly and validly authorized and
reserved for issuance and that upon the issuance of the Equity Plan Shares
against payment therefore in accordance with the provisions of the Equity
Purchase Plan, the Equity Plan Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

     We consent to the filing of the opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within
the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the General Rules and Regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

                                                 Very truly yours,



                                                 GIORDANO, HALLERAN & CIESLA
                                                 A Professional Corporation