EXHIBIT 31.1



                                  CERTIFICATION
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, Joseph A. Oblas provides the following certification.

     I, Joseph A. Oblas, Executive Vice President and Principal Financial
Officer of Ashcroft Homes Corporation. ("Company"), certify that:

     1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-KSB of the Company;

     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of,
and for, the periods presented in this report;

     4. The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15e for the Company and have:

          a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such
     disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to
     ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its
     consolidated subsidiaries is made known to us by others within these
     entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
     being prepared;

          b. Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls
     and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
     effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of
     the period covered by this report based on our evaluation; and

          c. Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal
     control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most
     recent quarter that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
     materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting;
     and

     5. The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
Company's auditors and the audit committee of the Company's board of directors
(or persons performing the equivalent functions):

          a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
     or operation of internal controls which are reasonably likely to adversely
     affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report
     financial information;

          b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
     other employees who have a significant role in the Company's internal
     controls.


         Date:   June 23, 2004              By: /s/ Joseph A. Oblas
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                                                Joseph A. Oblas,
                                                Executive Vice President and
                                                Principal Financial Officer


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