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                                                                    Exhibit 4.13

                             BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

                    $350,000,000 8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2012

                               PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                                                                  April 11, 2002
                                                              New York, New York

UBS Warburg LLC
299 Park Avenue
New York, New York  10171

Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.
One Bank One Plaza
Mail Suite IL1-0701, 8th Floor
Chicago, Illinois  60670

Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, New York  10010

Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York  10013

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York  10019

Comerica Securities, Inc.
211 W. Fort Street
MC 3089
Detroit, Michigan 48226

PNC Capital Markets, Inc.
One PNC Plaza
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
303 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia  30308

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First Union Securities, Inc.
301 South College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina  28288

Ladies and Gentlemen:

               Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"),
and each of the Guarantors (as defined herein) agree with you as follows:

               1.  ISSUANCE OF NOTES. The Company proposes to issue and sell to
UBS Warburg LLC, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Comerica
Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets, Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. and
First Union Securities, Inc. (the "INITIAL PURCHASERS") $350,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2012 (the "ORIGINAL NOTES"). The
Original Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the "INDENTURE"), dated
as of April 17, 2002, as supplemented, and the supplemental indenture (the
"FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") to be dated the Closing Date (as defined
herein), by and among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank Trust National
Association, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE"). The Company's obligations under the
Original Notes, the Exchange Notes (as defined herein) and the Indenture will be
unconditionally guaranteed (the "GUARANTEES") on an unsecured senior basis by
each of the entities listed on SCHEDULE I hereto (collectively, the "GUARANTORS"
and, collectively with the Company, the "ISSUERS"). All references herein to the
Original Notes include the related Guarantees, unless the context otherwise
requires. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings given to such terms in the Indenture or the Offering Memorandum (as
defined herein).

               The Original Notes will be offered and sold to the Initial
Purchasers pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations thereunder
(collectively, the "ACT"). The Issuers have prepared a preliminary offering
memorandum, dated April 4, 2002 (the "PRELIMINARY OFFERING MEMORANDUM"), and a
final offering memorandum dated and available for distribution on the date
hereof (the "OFFERING MEMORANDUM") relating to the Company, the Guarantors and
the Original Notes.

               The Initial Purchasers have advised the Company that the Initial
Purchasers intend, as soon as they deem practicable after this Purchase
Agreement (this "AGREEMENT") has been executed and delivered, to resell the
Original Notes purchased by the Initial Purchasers under this Agreement in
private sales exempt from registration under the Act on the terms set forth in
the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, solely to (i) persons whom
the Initial Purchasers reasonably believe to be "qualified institutional buyers"
("QIBS"), as defined in Rule 144A under the Act, as such rule may be amended
from time to time ("RULE 144A"), in transactions complying with Rule 144A and
(ii) other eligible purchasers (other than U.S. persons) pursuant to offers and
sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S
under the Act, as such regulation may be amended from time to time ("REGULATION
S") (such offers and sales, the "EXEMPT RESALES"). The persons specified in
clauses (i) and (ii) are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the
"ELIGIBLE PURCHASERS." As used herein the terms "United States" and "U.S.
persons" shall have the respective meanings given them in Regulation S.

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               Upon issuance of the Original Notes and until such time as the
same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Act, the
Original Notes shall bear the legend relating thereto set forth under "Notice to
Investors" in the Offering Memorandum.

               Holders (including subsequent transferees) of the Original Notes
will have the registration rights set forth in the registration rights agreement
(the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT") to be dated the Closing Date. Pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers will agree to (i) file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") under the circumstances
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, (a) a registration statement
under the Act (the "EXCHANGE OFFER REGISTRATION STATEMENT") relating to a new
issue of debt securities (collectively with the Private Exchange Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the "EXCHANGE NOTES" and,
together with the Original Notes, the "NOTES," which term includes the
guarantees related thereto) to be offered in exchange for the Original Notes
(the "EXCHANGE OFFER") and issued under the Indenture or an indenture
substantially identical to the Indenture and/or (b) under certain circumstances
set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement
pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (the "SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT" and,
together with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the "REGISTRATION
STATEMENTS") relating to the resale by certain holders of the Original Notes,
and (ii) use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statements
to be declared effective. This Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantees, the
Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Registration Rights
Agreement are hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the "NOTE
DOCUMENTS."

               The Notes are being offered and sold by the Company in part to
finance the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of January 29, 2002 by and among the Company, Beazer Homes
Investment Corp. ("MERGER SUB") and Crossmann Communities, Inc. ("CROSSMANN"),
and related exhibits and schedules (collectively, the "MERGER AGREEMENT"),
pursuant to which Crossmann will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth therein, be merged with and into Merger Sub (the "MERGER"). In
connection with the Merger, certain stockholders of Crossmann entered into a
affiliates agreement (the "AFFILIATES AGREEMENT") dated as of January 29, 2002
and agreed to enter into a stockholders agreement on or prior to the effective
time of the Merger (collectively with the Voting Agreement and the Merger
Agreement, the "MERGER DOCUMENTS").

               The Note Documents and the Merger Documents are collectively
referred to herein as the "OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS."

               2.  AGREEMENTS TO SELL AND PURCHASE. On the basis of the
representations, warranties and covenants of the Initial Purchasers contained in
this Agreement, the Issuers agree to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers,
and, on the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants of the
Issuers contained in this Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers severally agree to purchase
from the Issuers, the entire aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes
set forth opposite their respective names in SCHEDULE III hereto. The purchase
price for the Original Notes shall be 98% of their principal amount.

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               3.  DELIVERY AND PAYMENT. Delivery of, and payment of the
purchase price for, the Original Notes shall be made at 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on April 17, 2002 (such date and time, the "CLOSING DATE") at the
offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel at 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005.
The Closing Date and the location of delivery of and the form of payment for the
Original Notes may be varied by mutual agreement between the Initial Purchasers
and the Company.

               One or more of the Original Notes in global form registered in
such names as the Initial Purchasers may request upon at least one business
day's notice prior to the Closing Date and having an aggregate principal amount
corresponding to the aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes shall be
delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers (or as the Initial Purchasers
direct), against payment by the Initial Purchasers of the purchase price
therefor by means of transfer of immediately available funds to such account or
accounts specified by the Company in accordance with its obligations under
Section 4(g) hereof on or prior to the Closing Date, or by such means as the
parties hereto shall agree prior to the Closing Date.

               4.  AGREEMENTS OF THE ISSUERS. The Issuers, jointly and
severally, covenant and agree with each Initial Purchaser as follows:

               (a) To furnish the Initial Purchasers and those persons
     identified by the Initial Purchasers, without charge, with as many copies
     of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and any
     amendments or supplements thereto, as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably
     request. The Issuers consent to the use of the Preliminary Offering
     Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and any amendments and supplements
     thereto required pursuant to this Agreement, by the Initial Purchasers in
     connection with Exempt Resales.

               (b) Not to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum prior to
     the Closing Date unless the Initial Purchasers shall previously have been
     advised of such proposed amendment or supplement at least two business days
     prior to the proposed use, and shall not have objected to such amendment or
     supplement.

               (c) If, prior to the time that the Initial Purchasers have
     completed their distribution of the Original Notes, any event shall occur
     that, in the judgment of the Issuers or in the judgment of counsel to the
     Initial Purchasers, makes any statement of a material fact in the Offering
     Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, untrue or that requires the
     making of any additions to or changes in the Offering Memorandum in order
     to make the statements in the Offering Memorandum, as then amended or
     supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
     not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering
     Memorandum to comply with all applicable laws, the Issuers shall promptly
     notify the Initial Purchasers of such event and (subject to Section 4(b))
     prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Offering Memorandum
     so that (i) the statements in the Offering Memorandum, as amended or
     supplemented, will, in the light of the circumstances at the time that the
     Offering Memorandum is delivered to prospective Eligible Purchasers, not be
     misleading and (ii) the Offering Memorandum will comply with applicable
     law.

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               (d) To cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and counsel to the
     Initial Purchasers in connection with the qualification or registration of
     the Original Notes under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the
     Initial Purchasers may request and to continue such qualification in effect
     so long as required for the Exempt Resales. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
     no Issuer shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation in any
     jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file a general consent
     to service of process in any such jurisdiction or subject itself to
     taxation in excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction
     where it is not then so subject.

               (e) To advise the Initial Purchasers promptly and, if requested
     by the Initial Purchasers, to confirm such advice in writing, of the
     issuance by any securities commission of any stop order suspending the
     qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Original Notes
     for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any
     proceeding for such purpose by any securities commission or other
     regulatory authority. The Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts
     to prevent the issuance of any stop order or order suspending the
     qualification or exemption of any of the Original Notes under any
     securities laws, and if at any time any securities commission or other
     regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or
     exemption of any of the Original Notes under any securities laws, the
     Issuers shall use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or
     lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.

               (f) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this
     Agreement are consummated or this Agreement becomes effective or is
     terminated other than by reason of a default by the Initial Purchasers, to
     pay all costs, expenses, fees and disbursements reasonably incurred and
     stamp, documentary or similar taxes incident to and in connection with: (i)
     the preparation, printing and distribution of the Preliminary Offering
     Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum (including, without limitation,
     financial statements) and all amendments and supplements thereto, (ii) all
     expenses (including travel expenses) of the Issuers and the Initial
     Purchasers in connection with any meetings with prospective investors in
     the Original Notes, (iii) the preparation, notarization (if necessary) and
     delivery of the Note Documents and all other agreements, memoranda,
     correspondence and documents prepared and delivered in connection with this
     Agreement and with the Exempt Resales, (iv) the issuance, transfer and
     delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of the Original Notes and the
     Guarantees, respectively, to the Initial Purchasers, (v) the qualification
     or registration of the Notes for offer and sale under the securities laws
     of the several states of the United States or provinces of Canada
     (including, without limitation, the cost of printing and mailing
     preliminary and final "Blue Sky" or legal investment memoranda and fees and
     disbursements of counsel (including local counsel) to the Initial
     Purchasers relating thereto), (vi) the furnishing of such copies of the
     Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, and all
     amendments and supplements thereto, as may be reasonably requested for use
     in connection with Exempt Resales, (vii) the preparation of certificates
     for the Notes, (viii) the application for quotation of the Notes in The
     Portal Market ("PORTAL") of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
     Inc. ("NASD"), including, but not limited to, all listing fees and
     expenses, (ix) the approval of the Notes by The Depository Trust Company
     ("DTC") for "book-entry" transfer, (x) the rating of the Notes by rating
     agencies, (xi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its

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     counsel and (xii) the performance by the Issuers of their other obligations
     under the Note Documents.

               (g) To use the proceeds from the sale of the Original Notes in
     the manner described in the Offering Memorandum under the caption "Use of
     Proceeds."

               (h) To do and perform all things required to be done and
     performed under this Agreement by them prior to or after the Closing Date
     and to satisfy all conditions precedent on their part to the delivery of
     the Original Notes.

               (i) Not to, and not to permit any of their subsidiaries to, sell,
     offer for sale or solicit offers to buy any security (as defined in the
     Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the Original Notes in a
     manner that would require the registration under the Act of the sale of the
     Original Notes to the Initial Purchasers or the initial resale of the
     Original Notes by the Initial Purchasers to any Eligible Purchasers.

               (j) Not to, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause
     their affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Act) not to, resell any
     of the Original Notes that have been reacquired by any of them.

               (k) Not to engage, not to allow any of their subsidiaries to
     engage, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause their other
     affiliates and any person acting on their behalf (other than, in any case,
     the Initial Purchasers and any of their affiliates, as to whom the Issuers
     make no covenant) not to engage, in any form of general solicitation or
     general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Act) in
     connection with any offer or sale of the Original Notes in the United
     States prior to the effectiveness of a registration statement with respect
     to the Notes.

               (l) Not to engage, not to allow any of their subsidiaries to
     engage, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause their other
     affiliates and any person acting on their behalf (other than, in any case,
     the Initial Purchasers and any of their affiliates, as to whom the Issuers
     make no covenant) not to engage, in any directed selling effort with
     respect to the Original Notes, and to comply with the offering restrictions
     requirement of Regulation S. Terms used in this paragraph have the meanings
     given to them by Regulation S.

               (m) From and after the Closing Date, for so long as any of the
     Notes remain outstanding and are "restricted securities" within the meaning
     of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Act and during any period in which the Company
     is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
     1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), to make available upon request the
     information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act to (i) any holder or
     beneficial owner of Notes in connection with any sale of such Notes and
     (ii) any prospective purchaser of such Notes from any such holder or
     beneficial owner designated by the holder or beneficial owner. The Issuers
     will pay the expenses of printing and distributing such documents.

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               (n) To comply with all of their agreements set forth in the
     Registration Rights Agreement.

               (o) To comply with all of their obligations set forth in the
     representations letter of the Issuers to DTC relating to the approval of
     the Notes by DTC for "book-entry" transfer and to use their reasonable best
     efforts to obtain approval of the Notes by DTC for "book-entry" transfer.

               (p) To use their reasonable best efforts to effect the inclusion
     of the Original Notes in Portal.

               (q) Prior to the Closing Date, to furnish without charge to the
     Initial Purchasers, (i) as soon as they have been prepared, a copy of any
     regularly prepared internal financial statements of the Company and its
     subsidiaries for any period subsequent to the period covered by the
     financial statements appearing in the Offering Memorandum, (ii) all other
     reports and other communications (financial or otherwise) that any of the
     Issuers mail or otherwise make available to their security holders and
     (iii) such other information as the Initial Purchasers shall reasonably
     request.

               (r) Not to distribute prior to the Closing Date any offering
     material in connection with the offer and sale of the Original Notes other
     than the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum.

               (s) During the period of two years after the Closing Date or, if
     earlier, until such time as the Original Notes are no longer restricted
     securities (as defined in Rule 144 under the Act), not to be or become a
     closed-end investment company required to be registered, but not
     registered, under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

               (t) In connection with the offering, until the Initial Purchasers
     shall have notified the Company of the completion of the resale of the
     Notes, not to, and not to permit any of their affiliated purchasers (as
     such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act) to, either
     alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase for any
     account in which they or any of their affiliated purchasers has a
     beneficial interest any Notes in violation of Regulation M; and none of the
     Issuers or any of their affiliated purchasers will make bids or purchases
     for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in, or of
     raising the price of, the Notes.

               (u) During the period beginning on the date hereof and continuing
     until the date six months after the Closing Date, the Issuers and their
     affiliates shall not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of,
     except pursuant to this Agreement, any Original Notes or any securities of
     any of the Issuers that are substantially similar to such notes, without
     the prior written consent of the Initial Purchasers.

               5.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. (a) The Issuers, jointly and
severally, represent and warrant to the Initial Purchasers that:

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               (i) Each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering
     Memorandum has been prepared in connection with the Exempt Resales. None of
     the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering Memorandum or any
     supplement or amendment thereto contains any untrue statement of a material
     fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
     statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
     made, not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Issuers make no
     representation or warranty with respect to information relating to the
     Initial Purchasers contained in or omitted from the Preliminary Offering
     Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum or any supplement or amendment
     thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to
     the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers expressly
     for inclusion in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Offering
     Memorandum, or any supplement or amendment thereto. No order preventing the
     use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, or
     any order asserting that any of the transactions contemplated by this
     Agreement are subject to the registration requirements of the Act, has been
     issued or, to the knowledge of any Issuer, has been threatened.

               (ii) The Company has prepared and filed with the Commission in
     accordance with the Exchange Act, a joint proxy statement/prospectus and
     form of proxy relating to a special meeting of the Company's stockholders
     (the "STOCKHOLDERS MEETING") at which the Company's stockholders will be
     asked to adopt a proposal to issue common stock of the Company, pursuant to
     the Merger Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the term joint proxy
     statement/prospectus (the "PROXY STATEMENT") means the definitive proxy
     statement and form of proxy, including any annexes, financial statements
     and schedules, and any amendments or supplements thereto in the form filed
     with the Commission pursuant to Rule 14a-6(j) under the Exchange Act.

               (iii) The Proxy Statement complied and will comply, on the date
     that the Proxy Statement was mailed to the Company's stockholders and on
     the date of the Stockholders Meeting, in all material respects with the
     applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the Proxy Statement at such
     times and on the Closing Date did not and will not, as the case may be,
     contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
     fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
     therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
     misleading. The registration statement of which the Proxy Statement is a
     part (the "PROXY REGISTRATION STATEMENT") complied and will comply, on the
     date of effectiveness thereof and on the Closing Date, in all material
     respects with the applicable provisions of the Act, and the Proxy
     Registration Statement at such times did not and will not, as the case may
     be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
     material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
     statements therein not misleading.

               (iv) There are no securities of any of the Issuers that are
     listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the
     Exchange Act or that are quoted in a United States automated interdealer
     quotation system of the same class as the Notes within the meaning of Rule
     144A.

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               (v) As of December 31, 2001, the Company had the authorized
     issued and outstanding capital stock as set forth under the heading
     "Actual" in the section of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the
     Offering Memorandum entitled "Capitalization" in the common and preferred
     stock line items, respectively. As of the Closing Date, the Company shall
     have the authorized issued and outstanding capital stock as set forth under
     the heading "As Adjusted" in the section of the Preliminary Offering
     Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum entitled "Capitalization", subject
     to subsequent issuances of common stock of the Company under employee stock
     option plans and the issuance of common stock by the Company pursuant to
     the Merger as described in the Offering Memorandum. All of the issued and
     outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the
     Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid
     and nonassessable and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or
     similar right. Except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, there are no
     outstanding options, warrants or other rights to acquire or purchase, or
     instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital
     stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. No holder of any
     securities of the Company or any Subsidiary is entitled to have such
     securities (other than the Notes) registered under any registration
     statement contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement.

               (vi) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
     existing as a corporation in good standing under the law of the State of
     Delaware with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
     its properties and conduct its business as described in the Preliminary
     Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, to execute and deliver
     this Agreement and to issue, sell and deliver the Notes as herein
     contemplated.

               (vii) All of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital
     stock of each of the Company's corporate subsidiaries (the "CORPORATE
     SUBSIDIARIES") have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
     paid and nonassessable and the partnership interests which the Company owns
     in Beazer Homes Texas, L.P. (the "PARTNERSHIP SUBSIDIARY" and, together
     with the Corporate Subsidiaries, the "SUBSIDIARIES") have been duly
     authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and
     both the capital stock of the Corporate Subsidiaries and the partnership
     interests in the Partnership Subsidiary are owned by the Company free and
     clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security interest, preemptive right
     or other claim. Except as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum
     and the Offering Memorandum, there are no outstanding rights,
     subscriptions, warrants, calls, options or other agreements of any kind
     with respect to the capital stock or the partnership interests of the
     Company or the Subsidiaries. Attached as SCHEDULE II is a true and complete
     list of each entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has a
     direct or indirect majority equity or voting interest, their jurisdictions
     of incorporation or formation, their stockholders and percentage equity
     ownership by the Company.

               (viii) Each of the Corporate Subsidiaries has been duly
     incorporated, and the Partnership Subsidiary has been duly formed, and is
     validly existing as a corporation, in the case of the Corporate
     Subsidiaries, or as a limited partnership, in the case of the Partnership
     Subsidiary, in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction
     of incorporation or formation with full corporate or partnership power, as
     the case may be, and authority to own its respective

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     properties and conduct its respective business as described in the
     Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum and to execute
     and deliver the Indenture and the Guarantees to the extent each such entity
     is a party thereto.

               (ix) Each of the Issuers has all requisite corporate and
     partnership power, as the case may be, and authority to execute, deliver
     and perform all of its obligations under the Operative Documents to which
     it is a party and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the
     Operative Documents to be consummated on its part and, without limitation,
     the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to issue, sell
     and deliver the Notes and each Guarantor has all requisite corporate and
     partnership power, as the case may be, and authority to execute, deliver
     and perform all its obligations under its Guarantee. Each of the Issuers
     has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of each of the
     Operative Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Operative Documents
     conforms, or when executed and delivered will conform, in all material
     respects to the descriptions thereof in the Offering Memorandum.

               (x) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are duly qualified
     or licensed by and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
     nature of their respective businesses or their respective ownership or
     leasing of their respective properties requires such qualification, except
     where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect
     (as defined herein). The Company has no subsidiaries (as defined in the
     Exchange Act) other than the Guarantors and such other subsidiaries
     ("DE-MINIMIS SUBSIDIARIES") as would not require the Company to include
     separate financial statements, or a consolidating footnote to its financial
     statements, for such subsidiaries in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum
     and Offering Memorandum in accordance with the Act and the policies of the
     Commission. The Company owns 100% of the outstanding capital stock or
     partnership interests, as applicable, of each of the Subsidiaries. Other
     than the Corporate Subsidiaries, the Partnership Subsidiary and the
     De-Mimimis Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly,
     any shares of stock or any other equity or long-term debt securities of any
     corporation or have any equity interest in any firm, partnership, joint
     venture, association or other entity. A "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means any
     material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or other),
     results of operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Company
     and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

               (xi) This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
     delivered by each Issuer.

               (xii) The Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, when
     duly executed and delivered by each Issuer (assuming the due authorization,
     execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee), will be legally binding and
     valid obligations of each Issuer, enforceable against each of them in
     accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited
     by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance,
     moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
     generally and by general principles of equity and the discretion of the
     court before which any proceedings therefor may be brought (collectively,
     the "ENFORCEABILITY EXCEPTIONS").

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               (xiii) The Original Notes, when issued, authenticated and
     delivered by the Company against payment by the Initial Purchasers in
     accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, will be
     legally binding and valid obligations of the Company, entitled to the
     benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance
     with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by the
     Enforceability Exceptions.

               (xiv) The Exchange Notes, when issued, authenticated and
     delivered by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Registration
     Rights Agreement, the Exchange Offer and the Indenture, will be legally
     binding and valid obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of
     the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
     terms, except that enforceability may be limited by the Enforceability
     Exceptions.

               (xv) The Guarantees, when the Original Notes are issued,
     authenticated and delivered by the Company against payment by the Initial
     Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
     Indenture, will be legally binding and valid obligations of the Guarantors,
     enforceable against each of them in accordance with their terms, except
     that enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability
     Exceptions.

               (xvi) The guarantees to be endorsed on the Exchange Notes, when
     the Exchange Notes are issued, authenticated and delivered in accordance
     with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Exchange Offer and
     the Indenture, will be legally binding and valid obligations of the
     Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their
     terms, except that enforceability thereof may be limited by the
     Enforceability Exceptions.

               (xvii) The Registration Rights Agreement, when duly executed and
     delivered by each of the Issuers (assuming the due authorization, execution
     and delivery thereof by each Initial Purchaser), will constitute a legally
     binding and valid obligation of each of the Issuers, enforceable against
     them in accordance with its terms, except that (a) enforceability may be
     limited by the Enforceability Exceptions and (b) any rights to indemnity or
     contribution thereunder may be limited by federal and state securities laws
     and public policy considerations.

               (xviii) The Merger Agreement has been duly executed and delivered
     by the parties thereto and is a legally binding and valid obligation of
     each such party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
     except that enforceability thereof may be limited by the Enforceability
     Exceptions.

               (xix) The Company has delivered to the Initial Purchasers a true
     and correct copy of each of the Operative Documents, together with all
     related agreements and all schedules and exhibits thereto, and there shall
     have been no material amendments, alterations, modifications or waivers of
     any of the provisions of any such documents since their respective dates of
     execution, other than any such amendments, alterations, modifications and
     waivers as to which the Initial Purchasers have been advised in writing and
     which would be required to be disclosed in the Offering Memorandum; and
     there exists no event or condition which would constitute a default or an
     event of default under any of the Operative Documents. Each of the

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     representations and warranties set forth in the each of the Operative
     Documents (other than this Agreement) are true and correct in all material
     respects.

               (xx) All taxes, fees and other governmental charges that are due
     and payable on or prior to the Closing Date in connection with the
     execution, delivery and performance of the Note Documents and the
     execution, delivery and sale of the Original Notes shall have been paid by
     or on behalf of the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.

               (xxi) None of the Company or any Subsidiary is (A) in violation
     of its charter, bylaws, limited liability company agreement, limited
     partnership agreement, operating agreement or other constitutive documents,
     (B) in default (or, with notice or lapse of time or both, would be in
     default) in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
     covenant or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note, indenture,
     mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, lease, license,
     franchise agreement, authorization, permit, certificate or other agreement
     or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is
     bound or to which any of their assets or properties is subject
     (collectively, "AGREEMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS"), or (C) in violation of any
     law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any
     Subsidiary or their respective assets or Properties or (D) in violation of
     any judgment, order or decree of any domestic or foreign court or
     governmental agency or authority having jurisdiction over the Company or
     any Subsidiary or their respective assets or properties or other
     governmental or regulatory authority, agency or other body, which in the
     case of clauses (B), (C) and (D) herein, individually or in the aggregate,
     could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There
     exists no condition that, with notice, the passage of time or otherwise,
     would constitute a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under any such
     document or instrument or result in the imposition of any penalty or the
     acceleration of any indebtedness, other than penalties, defaults or
     conditions that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
     expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

               (xxii) The execution, delivery and performance by each of the
     Issuers of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, including the
     consummation of the offer and sale of the Original Notes, does not and will
     not violate, conflict with or constitute a breach of any of the terms or
     provisions of or a default (or an event that with notice or the lapse of
     time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or require consent under,
     or result in the creation or imposition of a lien, charge or encumbrance on
     any property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than as
     created pursuant to the Credit Agreement) pursuant to, (A) the charter,
     bylaws, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement,
     operating agreement or other constitutive documents of the Company or any
     Subsidiary, (B) any of the Note Documents or any Agreements and
     Instruments, (C) any law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the
     Company or any Subsidiary or their respective assets or properties or (D)
     any judgment, order or decree of any domestic or foreign court or
     governmental agency or authority having jurisdiction over the Company or
     any Subsidiary or their respective assets or properties. Assuming the
     accuracy of the representations and warranties of each of the Initial
     Purchasers in Section 5(b) of this Agreement, no consent, approval,
     authorization or order of, or filing, registration, qualification, license
     or permit of or with, any court or governmental agency, body or
     administrative agency, domestic or foreign, is required to be obtained or

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     made by the Company or any Subsidiary for the execution, delivery and
     performance by the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Operative Documents
     to which they are party including the consummation of any of the
     transactions contemplated thereby, except (x) such as have been or will be
     obtained or made on or prior to the Closing Date, (y) registration of the
     Exchange Offer or resale of the Notes under the Act pursuant to the
     Registration Rights Agreement and (z) qualification of the Indenture under
     the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TRUST INDENTURE ACT"), in
     connection with the issuance of the Exchange Notes. No consents or waivers
     from any other person or entity are required for the execution, delivery
     and performance of this Agreement or any of the other Operative Documents
     (except, with respect to the Operative Documents, such as may be required
     under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states) by the Issuers
     or the consummation by the Issuers of any of the transactions contemplated
     thereby, other than such consents and waivers as have been obtained or will
     be obtained prior to the Closing Date and will be in full force and effect.

               (xxiii) Except as set forth in the Offering Memorandum, there is
     (A) no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, arbitrator or
     governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or,
     to the knowledge of the Issuers, threatened or contemplated, to which the
     Company or any Subsidiary is or may be a party or to which the business,
     assets or property of such person is or may be subject, (B) no statute,
     rule, regulation or order that has been enacted, adopted or issued or, to
     the knowledge of the Issuers, that has been proposed by any governmental
     body or agency, domestic or foreign, (C) no injunction, restraining order
     or order of any nature by a federal or state court or foreign court of
     competent jurisdiction to which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may be
     subject that (x) in the case of clause (A) above, if determined adversely
     to the Company or any Subsidiary, could, individually or in the aggregate,
     reasonably be expected, (1) to have a Material Adverse Effect or (2) to
     interfere with or adversely affect the issuance of the Notes in any
     jurisdiction or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions
     contemplated by any of the Operative Documents and (y) in the case of
     clauses (B) and (C) above, could, individually or in the aggregate,
     reasonably be expected, (1) to have a Material Adverse Effect or (2) to
     interfere with or adversely affect the issuance of the Notes or the
     Guarantees in any jurisdiction or adversely affect the consummation of the
     transactions contemplated by any of the Operative Documents. Every request
     of any securities authority or agency of any jurisdiction for additional
     information with respect to the Notes that has been received by the Company
     or any Subsidiary or their counsel prior to the date hereof has been, or
     will prior to the Closing Date be, complied with in all material respects.

               (xxiv) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a
     Material Adverse Effect, no labor problem or dispute with the employees of
     the Company or the Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Issuers,
     is threatened or imminent.

               (xxv) The business, operations and facilities of the Company and
     each of the Subsidiaries have been and are being conducted in compliance
     with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, licenses,
     permits, approvals, plans, authorizations or requirements relating to
     occupational safety and health, or pollution, or protection of health or
     the environment, or reclamation (including, without limitation, those
     relating to emissions, discharges, releases or

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     threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic
     substances, materials or wastes into ambient air, surface water,
     groundwater or land, or relating to the manufacture, processing,
     distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
     chemical substances, materials or wastes, whether solid, gaseous or liquid
     in nature) or otherwise relating to remediating real property of any
     governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
     instrumentality of the United States, any state or political subdivision
     thereof, or any foreign jurisdiction, and all applicable judicial or
     administrative agency or regulatory decrees, awards, judgments and orders
     relating thereto, except any violation thereof which would not,
     individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
     neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice
     from a governmental instrumentality or any third party alleging any
     violation thereof or liability thereunder (including, without limitation,
     liability for costs of investigating or remediating sites containing
     hazardous substances and/or damages to natural resources).

               (xxvi) There is no claim pending or, to the best knowledge of the
     Company, threatened or contemplated under any federal, state, local or
     foreign law, rule or regulation governing pollution or protection of the
     environment (the "ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS") against the Company or any of the
     Subsidiaries which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse
     Effect; there are no past or present actions or conditions including,
     without limitation, the release of any hazardous substance or waste
     regulated under any Environmental Law that are likely to form the basis of
     any such claim against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which, if
     adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and
     each Subsidiary maintain a system of internal environmental management
     controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance of compliance in all
     material respects of their business facilities, real property and
     operations with requirements of applicable Environmental Laws.

               (xxvii) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has all
     necessary permits, licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals and has
     made all necessary filings required under any federal, state, local or
     foreign law, regulation or rule, and has obtained all necessary
     authorizations, consents and approvals from other persons, material to the
     conduct of its respective business. Neither the Company nor any of the
     Subsidiaries is in violation of, or in default under, any such license,
     authorization, consent or approval or any federal, state, local or foreign
     law, regulation or rule or any decree, order judgment applicable to the
     Company or any of the Subsidiaries the effect of which could have a
     Material Adverse Effect.

               (xxviii) All legal or governmental proceedings, contracts or
     documents of a character required to be described in the Preliminary
     Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum have been so described as
     required.

               (xxix) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good title to all
     properties and assets owned by them and have good leasehold interest in
     each property and asset leased by them, in each case free and clear of all
     pledges, liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges, mortgages and
     defects, except such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect or do not
     materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the
     use made and proposed to be made of such properties by the Company and the
     Subsidiaries.

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               (xxx) The Company and each Subsidiary have, own, possess or have
     the right to employ all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
     copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
     unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
     procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names (collectively, the
     "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY") necessary to conduct the businesses operated by
     them as described in the Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to
     own, possess or have the right to employ such Intellectual Property could
     not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither of
     the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of infringement of
     or conflict with (and neither knows of any such infringement or a conflict
     with) asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing that,
     if such assertion of infringement or conflict were sustained, could
     reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The use of the
     Intellectual Property in connection with the business and operations of the
     Company and the Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any person,
     except for such infringement as could not reasonably be expected to have a
     Material Adverse Effect.

               (xxxi) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have filed all
     federal or state income and franchise tax returns required to be filed and
     have paid all taxes shown thereon as due, and there is no material tax
     deficiency which has been or is reasonably likely to be asserted against
     the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; all material tax liabilities of the
     Company and the Subsidiaries are adequately provided for on the books of
     the Company and the Subsidiaries.

               (xxxii) The Company, either directly or through one or more
     Subsidiaries, has in effect, with financially sound insurers, insurance
     with respect to its business and properties and the business and properties
     of the Subsidiaries against loss or damage of the kind customarily insured
     against by corporations engaged in the same or similar businesses and
     similarly situated, of such type and in such amounts as are customarily
     carried under similar circumstances by such other corporations.

               (xxxiii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the other
     Operative Documents and the sale of the Original Notes, the Exchange Notes
     and Guarantees to be purchased by the Eligible Purchasers will not involve
     any prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406(a) of Employee
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") or Section
     4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation made by the Company and
     each of the Guarantors in the preceding sentence is made in reliance upon
     and subject to the accuracy of, and compliance with, the representations
     and covenants made or deemed made by the Eligible Purchasers as set forth
     in the Offering Memorandum under the caption "Transfer Restrictions."

               (xxxiv) No registration under the Act of the Notes is required
     for the sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers as contemplated by this
     Agreement or for the Exempt Resales, assuming in each case that (A) the
     purchasers who buy the Notes in the Exempt Resales are Eligible Purchasers
     and (B) the accuracy of and compliance with the Initial Purchasers'
     representations, warranties and covenants contained in Section 5(b)(i) of
     this Agreement. No form of general solicitation or general advertising (as
     those terms are used in Regulation D under the

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     Act) was used by the Company, any of the Guarantors or any of their
     representatives (other than in the case of the Initial Purchasers and any
     of their affiliates, as to whom the Issuers make no representations) in
     connection with the offer and sale of any of the Notes or in connection
     with Exempt Resales, including, but not limited to, articles, notices or
     other communications published in an newspaper, magazine or similar medium
     or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose
     attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general
     advertising.

               (xxxv) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an "investment
     company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" incorporated
     in the United States within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
     1940, as amended.

               (xxxvi) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries maintains a
     system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
     assurance that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
     management's general or specific authorizations; (B) transactions are
     recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its financial statements in
     conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
     accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in
     accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (D) the
     recorded accountability for its assets is compared with the existing assets
     at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
     differences.

               (xxxvii) None of the Company or any of its affiliates (as defined
     in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Act) has (A) taken, directly or
     indirectly, any action designed to, or that might reasonably be expected
     to, cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
     security of the Issuers to facilitate the sale or resale of the Original
     Notes or (B) sold, bid for, purchased or paid any person any compensation
     for soliciting purchases of the Original Notes in a manner that would
     require registration of the Original Notes under the Act or paid or agreed
     to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase
     any other securities of any Issuer in a manner that would require
     registration of the Original Notes under the Act.

               (xxxviii) None of the Company or any of its affiliates (as
     defined in Regulation D under the Act) has, directly or through any agent
     (other than the Initial Purchasers or any of their affiliates, as to which
     no representation is made), sold, offered for sale, contracted to sell,
     pledged, solicited offers to buy or otherwise disposed of or negotiated in
     respect of, any security (as defined in the Act) that is currently or will
     be integrated with the sale of the Original Notes in a manner that would
     require the registration of the Original Notes under the Act.

               (xxxix) None of the Issuers or any of their affiliates, or any
     person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers or
     any of their affiliates, as to whom the Issuers make no representation), is
     engaged in any directed selling effort with respect to the Original Notes,
     and each of them has complied with the offering restrictions requirement of
     Regulation S. Terms used in this paragraph have the meaning given to them
     by Regulation S.

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               (xl) No form of general solicitation or general advertising
     (prohibited by the Act in connection with offers or sales such as the
     Exempt Resales) was used by the Company or any of its representatives
     (other than the Initial Purchasers or any of their affiliates, as to whom
     the Issuers make no representation) in connection with the offer and sale
     of any of the Original Notes or in connection with Exempt Resales,
     including, but not limited to, articles, notices or other communications
     published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over
     television or radio or displayed on any computer terminal, or any seminar
     or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or
     general advertising. None of the Company or any of its affiliates has
     entered into, and none of the Company or any of its affiliates will enter
     into, any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the
     Original Notes except for this Agreement.

               (xli) No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section
     27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the
     Offering Memorandum has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis
     or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

               (xlii) As of December 31, 2001, none of the Company or any
     Subsidiary had any material liabilities or obligations, direct or
     contingent, that were not set forth in the consolidated balance sheet as of
     such date or in the notes thereto set forth in the Offering Memorandum.
     Since December 31, 2001, except as set forth or contemplated in the
     Offering Memorandum, (a) none of the Company or any Subsidiary has (1)
     incurred any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, that could,
     individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
     Adverse Effect, or (2) entered into any material transaction not in the
     ordinary course of business, (b) there has not been any material adverse
     change, event or development in respect of the business, properties,
     prospects, results of operations or condition (financial or other) of the
     Company and the Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could
     reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) there has
     been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the
     Company on any class of capital stock and (d) there has not been any change
     in the long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.

               (xliii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (nor any agent
     thereof acting on their behalf) has taken, and none of them will take, any
     action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Notes
     to violate Regulations T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
     Reserve System, as in effect, or as the same may hereafter be in effect, on
     the Closing Date.

               (xliv) Deloitte & Touche LLP is an independent accountant within
     the meaning of the Act. The historical financial statements and the notes
     thereto included in the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material
     respects the consolidated financial position and results of operations of
     the Company and the Subsidiaries at the respective dates and for the
     respective periods indicated. Such financial statements have been prepared
     in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
     consistent basis throughout the periods presented (except as disclosed in
     the Offering Memorandum). The other financial and statistical information
     and data included in the Offering Memorandum are accurately presented in
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     respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the financial statements
     and the books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries.

               (xlv) The pro forma financial statements (including the notes
     thereto) and the other pro forma financial information included in the
     Offering Memorandum (i) comply as to form in all material respects with the
     applicable requirements of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange
     Act, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and
     guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and (iii) have
     been properly computed on the bases described therein; the assumptions used
     in the preparation of the pro forma financial data and other pro forma
     financial information included in the Offering Memorandum are reasonable in
     all material respects and the adjustments used therein are appropriate in
     all material respects to give effect to the transactions or circumstances
     referred to therein.

               (xlvi) None of the Company or the Guarantors is or, upon
     consummation of the transactions, will be (A) "insolvent" as that term is
     defined in Section 101(32) of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the
     "BANKRUPTCY CODE") (11 U.S.C. Section 101(32)), Section 2 of the Uniform
     Fraudulent Transfer Act ("UFTA") or Section 2 of the Uniform Fraudulent
     Conveyance Act ("UFCA"), (B) an entity with "unreasonably small capital" as
     that term is used in Section 548(a)(2)(ii) of the Bankruptcy Code or
     Section 5 of the UFCA, (C) engaged or about to engage in a business or
     transaction for which its remaining property is "unreasonably small" in
     relation to the business or transaction as that term is used in Section 4
     of the UFTA or (D) unable to pay its debts as they mature or become due,
     within the meaning of Section 548(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Bankruptcy Code,
     Section 4 of the UFTA and Section 6 of the UFCA. The Company and each of
     the Guarantors now owns and upon consumation of the transactions will own
     assets having a value of both "fair valuation" and at "present fair
     saleable value" greater than the amount required to pay its "debts" as such
     terms are used in Section 2 of the UFTA and Section 2 of the UFCA;

               (xlvii) Except as described in the section entitled "Plan of
     Distribution" in the Offering Memorandum, there are no contracts,
     agreements or understandings between the Company or any Subsidiary and any
     other person other than the Initial Purchasers that would give rise to a
     valid claim against, the Company, any Subsidiary or the Initial Purchasers
     for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or like payment in connection with
     the issuance, purchase and sale of the Notes.

               (xlviii) The Indenture is in sufficient form for due
     qualification under the Trust Indenture Act;

               (xlix) The statistical and market-related data included in the
     Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum are based on or
     derived from sources that the Issuers believe to be reliable and accurate
     in all material respects and represent their good faith estimates that are
     made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

                   Each certificate or document signed by any officer of the
Issuers and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or counsel for the Initial
Purchasers pursuant to, or in connection with, this Agreement

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shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Issuers to the
Initial Purchasers as to the matters covered by such certificate or document.
The Issuers acknowledge that the Initial Purchasers and, for purposes of the
opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 8 of this
Agreement, counsel to the Issuers and counsel to the Initial Purchasers will
rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations and the
Issuers hereby consent to such reliance.

               (b) Each of the Initial Purchasers acknowledges that it is
purchasing the Original Notes pursuant to a private sale exemption from
registration under the Act, and that the Original Notes have not been registered
under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or
for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Act. Each of the Initial Purchasers
represents, warrants and covenants to the Issuers that:

               (i) (A) Neither it, nor any person acting on its behalf, has or
     will solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Original Notes by any form
     of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in
     Regulation D under the Act) or in any manner involving a public offering
     within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Act and (B) it has and will
     solicit offers for the Original Notes only from, and will offer and sell
     the Original Notes only to (1) persons whom such Initial Purchaser
     reasonably believes to be QIBs or, if any such person is buying for one or
     more institutional accounts for which such person is acting as fiduciary or
     agent, only when such person has represented to such Initial Purchaser that
     each such account is a QIB to whom notice has been given that such sale or
     delivery is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and, in each case, in
     reliance on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Act
     pursuant to Rule 144A, or (2) persons other than U.S. persons outside the
     United States in reliance on the exemption from the registration
     requirements of the Act provided by Regulation S.

                   (ii)   With respect to offers and sales outside the United
     States, such Initial Purchaser has offered the Original Notes and will
     offer and sell the Original Notes (1) as part of its distribution at any
     time and (2) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of
     the offering of the Original Notes and the Closing Date, only in accordance
     with Rule 903 of Regulation S or another exemption from the registration
     requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither such Initial Purchaser nor
     any persons acting on its behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed
     selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the
     Original Notes, and any such persons have complied and will comply with the
     offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S. Terms used in this
     Section 5(b)(ii) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

                   (iii)  Each Initial Purchaser shall not initially offer or
     sell any Notes to persons in the United Kingdom, except to persons whose
     ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or
     disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their
     businesses or otherwise in circumstances which shall not result in an offer
     to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers
     of Securities Regulations 1995. Each Initial Purchaser shall comply with
     all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act 1986 with respect
     to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or

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     otherwise involving the United Kingdom. Each Initial Purchaser shall issue
     or pass on in the United Kingdom any document received by it in connection
     with the issuance of the Notes only to a person of a kind described in
     Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act 1986 (Investment
     Advertisements) (Exemption) Order 1996 (as amended) or a person to whom the
     document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.

               The Initial Purchasers understand that the Issuers and, for
purposes of the opinions to be delivered to them pursuant to Section 8 hereof,
counsel to the Issuers and counsel to the Initial Purchasers will rely upon the
accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations, and the Initial Purchasers
hereby consent to such reliance.

               6.   INDEMNIFICATION. (a) Each of the Issuers, jointly and
severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, each
person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, the agents, employees,
officers and directors of each Initial Purchaser and the agents, employees,
officers and directors of any such controlling person from and against any and
all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever (including, but
not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and any and all reasonable expenses
whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all
reasonable amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation) (collectively,
"LOSSES") to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the
Offering Memorandum, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Issuers will not be liable in any such case to the extent, but only to
the extent, that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission relating
to any Initial Purchaser made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company
by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser expressly for use therein; PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that such indemnity with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum
shall not inure to the benefit of the Initial Purchasers (or any persons
controlling the Initial Purchasers) from whom the person asserting such loss,
claim, damage or liability purchased the Notes which are the subject thereof if
such person did not receive a copy of the Offering Memorandum (or the Offering
Memorandum as amended or supplemented) at or prior to the confirmation of the
sale of such Notes to such person (and the Offering Memorandum or any such
amended or supplemented Offering Memorandum, as applicable, shall have been
delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers a reasonable amount of time
prior to the mailing or delivery, as applicable, of such confirmation) and any
such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission of a
material fact contained in such Preliminary Offering Memorandum was corrected in
the Offering Memorandum (or the Offering Memorandum as amended or supplemented).
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that each of the
Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have, including, but not limited to,
liability under this Agreement.

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               (b)  Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless each Issuer, each person, if any, who controls any
Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the
Exchange Act, and each of their respective agents, employees, officers and
directors and the agents, employees, officers and directors of any such
controlling person from and against any Losses to which they or any of them may
become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise insofar as such
Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, or in any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
any such Loss arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission relating to such Initial
Purchaser made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished in writing to the Company by or on
behalf of the Initial Purchasers expressly for use therein. The Issuers and the
Initial Purchasers acknowledge that the information set forth in Section 9 is
the only information furnished in writing by the Initial Purchasers to the
Issuers expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and Offering
Memorandum.

               (c)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subsection 6(a) or 6(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, suit
or proceeding (collectively, an "ACTION"), such indemnified party shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such
subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in
writing of the commencement of such action (but the failure so to notify an
indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability
that it may have under this Section 6 except to the extent that it has been
prejudiced in any material respect by such failure). In case any such action is
brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of
the commencement of such action, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
participate in such action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice
delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice
from such indemnified party, to assume the defense of such action with counsel
reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its
or their own counsel in any such action, but the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless
(i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the
indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the
indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the
defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of
the action, or (iii) the named parties to such action (including any impleaded
parties) include such indemnified party and the indemnifying parties (or such
indemnifying parties have assumed the defense of such action), and such
indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be
defenses available to it or them that are different from or additional to those
available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the
indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such
action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events
such reasonable fees and expenses of counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying
parties. In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) at
any time for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or
separate but substantially similar or related actions arising in the same
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same general allegations or circumstances. An indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its written
consent which consent may not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of
counsel as contemplated by paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6, then the
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 60 business days after receipt by such indemnifying party
of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed
the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement and (iii) such indemnified party shall have given the indemnifying
party at least 45 days prior notice of its intention to settle. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect
any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

               7.  CONTRIBUTION. (a) In order to provide for contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 6 of this
Agreement is for any reason held to be unavailable from the indemnifying party,
or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified under Section 6 of this
Agreement, each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such aggregate Losses (i) in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by
the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand,
from the offering of the Original Notes or (ii) if such allocation is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the
Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in
connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Issuers, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the
other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total
proceeds from the offering of Original Notes (net of discounts and commissions
but before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers are to (y) the total
discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers as set forth in
this Agreement. The relative fault of the Issuers, on the one hand, and the
Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Issuers or the Initial Purchasers and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission or alleged statement or omission.

               (b) The Issuers and each Initial Purchaser agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does
not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, (i) in no case shall any
Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total discount and commissions applicable to the Original Notes
pursuant to this Agreement exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial
Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii) no person guilty of
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(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who
controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent
of such Initial Purchaser shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Initial Purchaser, and each person, if any, who controls any Issuer within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act and each
director, officer, employee and agent of such Issuer shall have the same rights
to contribution such Issuer. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly
after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in
respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or
parties under this Section 7, notify such party or parties from whom
contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties
shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from
any obligation it or they may have under this Section 7 or otherwise, except to
the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to
any action for which notice has been given under Section 6 for purposes of
indemnification. Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, no
party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim
settled without its written consent, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such written
consent was not unreasonably withheld.

               8.   CONDITIONS OF INITIAL PURCHASERS' OBLIGATIONS. The
obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Original
Notes, as provided for in this Agreement, shall be subject to satisfaction of
the following conditions prior to or concurrently with such purchase:

               (a)  All of the representations and warranties of the Issuers
     contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct, or true and correct
     in all material respects where such representations and warranties are not
     qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, on the date of this
     Agreement and, in each case after giving effect to the transactions
     contemplated hereby, on the Closing Date, except that if a representation
     and warranty is made as of a specific date, and such date is expressly
     referred to therein, such representation and warranty shall be true and
     correct (or true and correct in all material respects, as applicable) as of
     such date. The Issuers shall have performed or complied with all of the
     agreements and covenants contained in this Agreement and required to be
     performed or complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date.

               (b)  The Offering Memorandum shall have been printed and copies
     distributed to the Initial Purchasers on the date of this Agreement or at
     such later date as the Initial Purchasers may determine. No stop order
     suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the
     Original Notes in any jurisdiction shall have been issued and no proceeding
     for that purpose shall have been commenced or shall be pending or
     threatened.

               (c)  No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule,
     regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any
     governmental agency, body, or official that would, as of the Closing Date,
     prevent the issuance of the Original Notes or the consumation of the
     Exchange Offer; and, except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, no
     action, suit or proceeding shall have been commenced and be pending against
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     knowledge of the Issuers, threatened against any Issuer before any court or
     arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official that, if adversely
     determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
     and no stop order preventing the use of the Offering Memorandum, or any
     amendment or supplement thereto, or any order asserting that any of the
     transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the registration
     requirements of the Act shall have been issued. The Company shall not have
     amended or supplemented the Offering Memorandum unless the Initial
     Purchasers shall previously have been advised of such proposed amendment or
     supplement at least two business days prior to the proposed use, and shall
     not have reasonably objected to such amendment or supplement.

               (d)  As of December 31, 2001, except as set forth in the Offering
     Memorandum, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have had any
     material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, that were not
     set forth in the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of such date or in
     the notes thereto set forth in the Offering Memorandum. Since December 31,
     2001, except as set forth or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, (a)
     none of the Company, the Subsidiaries or Crossmann has (1) incurred any
     liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, that, individually or in
     the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
     Effect, or (2) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary
     course of business, (b) there shall not have been any event or development
     in respect of the business or condition (financial or other) of the
     Company, the Subsidiaries or Crossmann that, individually or in the
     aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
     (c) there shall have been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared,
     paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock and (d) there
     shall not have been any incurrence of additional long term debt (or any
     modifications, amendments or waivers to or under any agreements relating to
     any long term debt) by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, other than
     under any existing line of credit or revolving credit facility in the
     ordinary course of business.

               (e)  The Initial Purchasers shall have received certificates,
     dated the Closing Date, signed by two authorized officers of each Issuer
     confirming, as of the Closing Date, to their knowledge, the matters set
     forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 8.

               (f)  The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing
     Date opinions dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Initial Purchasers,
     of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, counsel to the Issuers,
     substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto in form and substance
     reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and counsel to the
     Initial Purchasers.

               (g)  The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing
     Date opinions dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Initial Purchasers,
     of local counsel to Crossmann and its subsidiaries in the States of
     Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina in
     form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and
     counsel to the Initial Purchasers.

               (h)  The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the Closing
     Date an opinion (satisfactory in form and substance to the Initial
     Purchasers) dated the Closing Date of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, counsel to
     the Initial Purchasers.

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               (i)  The Initial Purchasers shall have received a "comfort
     letter" from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants for the
     Company, dated the date of this Agreement, addressed to the Initial
     Purchasers and in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers
     and counsel to the Initial Purchasers. In addition, the Initial Purchasers
     shall have received a "bring-down comfort letter" from Deloitte & Touche
     LLP, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Initial Purchasers and
     in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and counsel to
     the Initial Purchasers.

               (j)  The Issuers and the Trustee shall have executed and
     delivered the First Supplemental Indenture and the Initial Purchasers shall
     have received copies, conformed as executed, thereof.

               (k)  The Issuers and the Initial Purchasers shall have executed
     and delivered the Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial Purchasers
     shall have received counterparts, conformed as executed, thereof.

               (l)  The Merger shall have been consummated, or shall be
     consummated substantially simultaneously with the offering of the Notes on
     the Closing Date, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger
     Agreement in the form previously delivered to the Initial Purchasers. The
     Merger Agreement shall be in full force and effect, and there shall have
     been no material amendments, alterations, modifications or waivers of any
     provision thereof since the date of this Agreement (unless consented to in
     writing by the Initial Purchasers).

               (m)  All government authorizations required in connection with
     the issue and sale of the Notes as contemplated under this Agreement and
     the performance of the Issuers' obligations hereunder and under Indenture
     and the Notes shall be in full force and effect.

               (n)  The Initial Purchasers shall have been furnished with wiring
     instructions for the application of the proceeds of the Original Notes in
     accordance with this Agreement and such other information as they may
     reasonably request.

               (o)  Cahill Gordon & Reindel, counsel to the Initial Purchasers,
     shall have been furnished with such documents as they may reasonably
     request to enable them to review or pass upon the matters referred to in
     this Section 8 and in order to evidence the accuracy, completeness or
     satisfaction in all material respects of any of the representations,
     warranties or conditions contained in this Agreement.

               (p)  The Original Notes shall be eligible for trading in Portal
     upon issuance.

               (q)  All agreements set forth in the representation letter of the
     Issuers to DTC relating to the approval of the Notes by DTC for
     "book-entry" transfer shall have been complied with.

               (r)  All conditions to the Merger set forth in the Merger
     Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived with the prior written
     consent of the Initial Purchasers. The Certificate of Merger and Articles
     of Merger with respect to the Merger shall be in form and substance

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     satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser and shall be filed with the Secretary
     of State of the State of Delaware and Secretary of State of the State of
     Indiana, respectively, substantially concurrently with the Closing.

               (s)  All costs, fees and expenses (including, without limitation,
     legal fees and expenses) and other compensation payable to the Initial
     Purchasers and their affiliates in connection with the offering of the
     Original Notes, the commitment to provide the bridge loan facility and the
     Merger shall have been, or simultaneously with the issuance of the Original
     Notes shall be, paid.

               (t)  Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
     and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have been any downgrading,
     nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential
     downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate
     the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any Issuer's
     debt by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as
     such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act.

               (u)  If there has been any amendment or supplement to the
     Offering Memorandum, the Initial Purchasers shall have been provided draft
     copies thereof at a reasonable time prior to the use thereof and the
     Initial Purchasers shall not have objected to any such amendment or
     supplement.

               (v)  At the Closing Date, this Agreement shall be amended to
     cause each of the Crossmann entities listed on SCHEDULE I (the "Crossmann
     entities") to become parties hereto. Such amendment, substantially in form
     of Exhibit B hereto, shall be executed only by each of the Crossmann
     entities.

               The documents required to be delivered by this Section 8 will be
delivered at the office of counsel for the Initial Purchasers on the Closing
Date.

               9.   INITIAL PURCHASERS' INFORMATION. The Issuers and the Initial
Purchasers severally acknowledge that the statements with respect to the
delivery of the Original Notes to the Initial Purchasers set forth in the first
sentence of the fourth paragraph, the first sentence of the sixth paragraph and
the seventh paragraph under the caption "Plan of Distribution" in the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum constitute the only
information furnished in writing by the Initial Purchasers expressly for use in
the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum.

               10.  SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS. All
representations and warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement, including the agreements contained in Sections 4(f) and 11(d), the
indemnity agreements contained in Section 6 and the contribution agreements
contained in Section 7 shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers
or any controlling person of the Initial Purchasers or by or on behalf of the
Issuers or any controlling person thereof, and shall survive delivery of and
payment for the Original Notes to and by the Initial Purchasers. The agreements
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Sections 4(f), 6, 7 and 11(d) shall survive the termination of this Agreement,
including pursuant to Section 11.

               11.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT; TERMINATION. (a) This Agreement
shall become effective upon execution and delivery of a counterpart hereof by
each of the parties hereto.

               (b)  The Initial Purchasers shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement at any time prior to the Closing Date by notice to the Company
from the Initial Purchasers, without liability (other than with respect to
Sections 6 and 7) on the Initial Purchasers' part to the Issuers if, on or prior
to such date, (i) the Issuers shall have failed, refused or been unable to
perform in any material respect any agreement on its part to be performed under
this Agreement when and as required, (ii) any other condition to the obligations
of the Initial Purchasers under this Agreement to be fulfilled by the Issuers
pursuant to Section 8 is not fulfilled when and as required and not waived in
writing by the Initial Purchasers, (iii) trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market shall have been suspended or materially limited, or minimum prices shall
have been established thereon by the Commission, or by such exchange or other
regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (iv) a general
banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York authorities,
(v) there is an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or
international calamity, in any case involving the United States, on or after the
date of this Agreement, or if there has been a declaration by the United States
of a national emergency or war or other national or international calamity or
crisis (economic, political, financial or otherwise) which affects the U.S. and
international markets, making it, in the Initial Purchasers' reasonable
judgment, impracticable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Original
Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Offering Memorandum or
(vi) there shall have been such a material adverse change or material disruption
in the financial, banking or capital markets generally (including, without
limitation, the markets for debt securities of companies similar to the Company)
or the effect (or potential effect if the financial markets in the United States
have not yet opened) of international conditions on the financial markets in the
United States shall be such as, in the Initial Purchasers' reasonable judgment,
to make it inadvisable or impracticable to proceed with the offering or delivery
of the Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Offering
Memorandum.

               (c)  Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 11 shall
be given at the address specified in Section 12 below by telephone, telex,
telephonic facsimile or telegraph, confirmed in writing by letter.

               (d)  If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section
11(b), or if the sale of the Notes provided for in this Agreement is not
consummated because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the
Issuers to satisfy any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers
set forth in this Agreement to be satisfied on its part or because of any
refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Issuers to perform any
agreement in this Agreement or comply with any provision of this Agreement, the
Issuers will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all of their reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
expenses of the Initial Purchasers' counsel) incurred in connection with this
Agreement.

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               (e)  If on the Closing Date any one or more of the Initial
Purchasers fails or refuses to purchase the Original Notes which it or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate principal amount of
the Original Notes which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial
Purchasers, as the case may be, agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not
more than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes to be
purchased on such date by all Initial Purchasers, each non-defaulting Initial
Purchaser shall be obligated severally, in the proportion which the principal
amount of the Original Notes set forth opposite its name in Schedule III bears
to the aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes which all the
non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, as the case may be, have agreed to purchase,
or in such other proportion as you may specify, to purchase the Original Notes
which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers, as the case may
be, agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no
event shall the aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes which any
Initial Purchaser has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof be
increased pursuant to this Section 11 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of
such principal amount of the Original Notes without the written consent of such
Initial Purchaser. If on the Closing Date any Initial Purchaser or Initial
Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase the Original Notes and the aggregate
principal amount of the Original Notes with respect to which such default occurs
is more than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes to be
purchased by all Initial Purchasers and arrangements satisfactory to the Initial
Purchasers and the Company for purchase of such Original Notes are not made
within 24 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without
liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser and the Company.
In any such case which does not result in termination of this Agreement, either
you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no
event for longer than five days, in order that the required changes, if any, in
the Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Initial
Purchaser from liability to the Issuers or any Initial Purchasers who have not
defaulted in respect of any default of any such Initial Purchaser under this
Agreement.

               12.  NOTICE. (a) All communications with respect to or under this
Agreement, except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement,
shall be in writing and, if sent to the Initial Purchasers, shall be mailed,
delivered, or, telegraphed or telecopied and confirmed in writing to UBS Warburg
LLC, 299 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10171 (telephone: (212) 821-3000, fax:
(212) 821-3285), Attention: Syndicate Department, with a copy to Cahill, Gordon
& Reindel, 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005 (telephone: (212) 701-3000, fax:
(212) 269-5420), Attention: Daniel J. Zubkoff, Esq; and if sent to the Issuers,
shall be mailed, delivered or, telegraphed or telecopied and confirmed in
writing to Beazer Homes, USA, Inc., 5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite B-200,
Atlanta, Georgia 30342 (telephone: (404) 250-3420, fax: (404) 250-3575),
Attention: President, with a copy to Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP, 399
Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022 (telephone: (212) 318-6000, fax: (212)
319-4090), Attention: William F. Schwitter, Esq.

               (b)  All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
been duly given: (i) when delivered by hand, if personally delivered, (ii) five
business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed;
(iii) when receipt acknowledged by telecopier machine, if telecopied; and (iv)
and one business day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier.

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               13.  PARTIES. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit
of, and shall be binding upon, the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers and the
controlling persons and agents referred to in Sections 6 and 7, and their
respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have or be
construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The
term "successors and assigns" shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as
such, of Notes from the Initial Purchasers.

               14.  CONSTRUCTION. This Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (without giving
effect to any provisions thereof relating to conflicts of law).

               15.  CAPTIONS. The captions included in this Agreement are
included solely for convenience of reference and are not to be considered a part
of this Agreement.

               16.  COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in various
counterparts each of which when taken together shall be deemed an original and
shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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               If the foregoing Purchase Agreement correctly sets forth the
understanding among the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers, please so indicate
in the space provided below for the purpose, whereupon this letter and your
acceptance shall constitute a binding agreement among the Issuers and the
Initial Purchasers.

                                   BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER HOMES CORP.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER/SQUIRES REALTY, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER HOMES SALES ARIZONA INC.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER REALTY CORP.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

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                                   BEAZER HOMES HOLDINGS CORP.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER HOMES TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER HOMES TEXAS, L.P.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President of the
                                               General Partner, Beazer Homes
                                               Texas Holdings, Inc.

                                   APRIL CORPORATION

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER SPE, LLC

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President of the
                                               Sole Member, Beazer Homes
                                               Holdings Corp.

                                   BEAZER HOMES INVESTMENT CORP.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

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                                   BEAZER REALTY, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   BEAZER CLARKSBURG, LLC

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President of
                                               the Sole Managing Member, Beazer
                                               Homes Corp.

                                   HOMEBUILDERS TITLE SERVICES OF VIRGINIA, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   HOMEBUILDERS TITLE SERVICES, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                   TEXAS LONE STAR TITLE, L.P.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President of the
                                               General Partner, Beazer Homes
                                               Texas Holdings, Inc.

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                                   UNIVERSAL SOLUTIONS INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.

                                   By:  /s/ David S. Weiss
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David S. Weiss
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

Confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written:

UBS WARBURG LLC

By:  /s/ Adam L. Reeder
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  Adam L. Reeder
     Title: Managing Director

By:  /s/ Adam L. Reeder
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  Adam L. Reeder
     Title: Managing Director

BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

By:  /s/ Thomas J. McGrath
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  Thomas J. McGrath
     Title: Managing Director

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION

By:  /s/ Beth May
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  Beth May
     Title: Managing Director

SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC.

By:  /s/ Marc E. Schneider
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  Marc Schneider
     Title: Director

BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.

By:  /s/ Christine M. Smith Howard
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  Christine M. Smith Howard
     Title: Authorized Signatory

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COMERICA SECURITIES, INC.

By:  /s/ Michael J. Wilk
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  Michael J. Wilk
     Title: Managing Director

PNC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

By:  /s/ J. Scott Holmes
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  J. Scott Holmes
     Title:  Managing Director

SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.

By:  /s/ Bill Herrell
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  Bill Herrell
     Title: Director

FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.

By:  /s/ David Haase
     ------------------------------------
     Name:  David Haase
     Title: Managing Director

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                                                                      SCHEDULE I

GUARANTORS(1)

Beazer Homes Corp.
Beazer/Squires Realty, Inc.
Beazer Homes Sales Arizona Inc.
Beazer Realty Corp.
Beazer Mortgage Corporation
Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.
Beazer Homes Texas Holdings, Inc.
Beazer Homes Texas, L.P.
April Corporation
Beazer SPE, LLC
Beazer Homes Investment Corp.
Beazer Realty, Inc.
Beazer Clarksburg, LLC
Homebuilders Title Services of Virginia, Inc.
Homebuilders Title Services, Inc.
Texas Lone Star Title, L.P.
Universal Solutions Insurance Agency, Inc.

GUARANTORS ADDED AT THE CLOSING OF THE MERGER (CROSSMANN ENTITIES):

Builder's Link, Inc.
Crossmann Communities of North Carolina, Inc.
Crossmann Communities of Ohio, Inc.
Crossmann Communities of Tennessee, LLC
Crossmann Communities Partnership
Crossmann Investments, Inc.
Crossmann Management Inc.
Crossmann Mortgage Corp.
Crossmann Realty, Co.
Cutter Homes Ltd.
Deluxe Aviation, Inc.
Deluxe Homes of Lafayette, Inc.
Deluxe Homes of Ohio, Inc.
Merit Realty, Inc.
Paragon Title, LLC
Pinehurst Builders LLC
Trinity Homes LLC

----------
(1)  The Guarantor are comprised of existing Subsidiary Guarantors and those
     Subsidiary Guarantors that will be added at the closing of the Merger.

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Pinehurst Builders LLC
Trinity Homes LLC

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                                                                     SCHEDULE II

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                                                      %
                                                                                                  OWNED BY
                                      JURISDICTION OF                                           THE COMPANY
                                     INCORPORATION OR                                           (DIRECTLY OR
              SUBSIDIARY                FORMATION                      STOCKHOLDERS              INDIRECTLY)
              ----------             -----------------                 ------------             -------------
<S>                                      <C>                     <C>                               <C>
EXISTING SUBSIDIARIES

Beazer Homes Corp.                       TN                      Beazer Homes Holding Corp.        100

Beazer/Squires Realty, Inc.              NC                      Beazer Homes Corp.                100

Beazer Homes Sales Arizona Inc.          DE                      Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.       100

Beazer Realty Corp.                      GA                      Beazer Homes Corp.                100

Beazer Mortgage Corporation              DE                      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.            100

Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.              DE                      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.            100

Beazer Homes Texas Holdings, Inc.        DE                      Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.       100

Beazer Homes Texas, L.P.                 DE                      Beazer Homes Corp.; Beazer        100
                                                                 Homes Texas Holdings, Inc.

April Corporation                        CO                      Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.       100

Beazer SPE, LLC                          GA                      Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.       100

Beazer Homes Investment Corp.            DE                      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.            100

Beazer Realty, Inc.                      NJ                      Beazer Homes Corp.                100

Beazer Clarksburg, LLC                   MD                      Beazer Homes Corp.                100

Homebuilders Title Services of           VA                      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.            100
Virginia, Inc.

Homebuilders Title Services, Inc.        DE                      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.            100

Texas Lone Star Title, L.P.              TX                      Beazer Homes Sales Arizona,       100
                                                                 Inc.; Beazer Homes Texas
                                                                 Holdings Inc.
</Table>

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<Table>
<S>                                      <C>                     <C>                               <C>
Universal Solutions Insurance Agency,    DE                      Beazer Homes USA, Inc.            100
Inc.

United Home Insurance Corporation        VT                      Beazer Homes Corp.; Beazer        100
                                                                 Homes Holdings Corp.; Beazer
                                                                 Homes Texas Holdings, Inc.

Security Title Insurance Company, Inc.   VT                      Beazer Homes USA, Inc             100

Stone Ridge Co-Tenancy Venture                                   Beazer Homes Corp.; Centex        50
                                                                 Homes

Lansdowne Community Development, LLC     VA                      Beazer Homes Corp.; Centex        25
                                                                 Homes; WL Homes LLC, dba
                                                                 John Laing homes; Van Metre
                                                                 Lansdowne Investments, LLC

Buildnet, Inc.                                                   Beazer Homes USA, Inc.            (222,272 Series C
                                                                                                   Preferred Shares)

Homebuilders Financial Network, Inc.                             Beazer Homes USA, Inc.            ($2,437,500 note
                                                                                                   convertible to
                                                                                                   equity)

Builders Homesite, Inc.                  DE                      Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.       (Common 2,206,230
                                                                 (Cooperative Consortium           shares; Series A-2
                                                                 Among Builders)                   Preferred 1,691,410)

SUBSIDIARIES ACQUIRED IN THE MERGER

Builder's Link, Inc.                     OH                      Crossmann Communities of          100
                                                                 Ohio, Inc.

Crossmann Communities of North           NC                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100
Carolina, Inc.

Crossmann Communities of Ohio, Inc.      OH                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100

Crossmann Communities of Tennessee, LLC  TN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.;      100
                                                                 Deluxe Homes of Lafayette, Inc.

Crossmann Communities                    IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.;      100
Partnership                                                      Deluxe Homes of Lafayette, Inc.
</Table>

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<Table>
<S>                                      <C>                     <C>                               <C>
Crossmann-Habitat, LLC                   IN                      Crossmann Communities             70
                                                                 Partnership; Habitat for
                                                                 Humanity of Lafayette, Inc.

Crossmann Investments, Inc.              IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100

Crossmann Management Inc.                IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100

Crossmann Mortgage Corp.                 IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100

Crossmann Realty, Co.                    IN                      Crossmann Communities of          100
                                                                 Ohio, Inc.

Cutter Homes Ltd.                        KY                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100

Deluxe Aviation, Inc.                    IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100

Deluxe Homes of Lafayette, Inc.          IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100

Deluxe Homes of Ohio, Inc.               OH                      Crossmann Communities of          100
                                                                 Ohio, Inc.

Merit Realty of Tennessee, Inc.          TN                      Merit Realty, Inc.                100

Merit Realty, Inc.                       IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.       100

Paragon Title, LLC                       IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.;      100
                                                                 Deluxe Homes of Lafayette, Inc.

Pinehurst Builders LLC                   SC                      Crossmann Communities of          100
                                                                 North Carolina, Inc.

Meridan Structural Insurance, Risk                               Crossmann Communities, Inc.;      100
Retention Group, Inc.                                            Crossmann Communities
                                                                 Partnership; Crossmann
                                                                 Communities of Tennessee,
                                                                 LLC;  Crossmann Communities
                                                                 of Ohio, Inc.; Crossmann
                                                                 Communities of North
                                                                 Carolina, Inc.; Cutter Homes
                                                                 LTD; Trinity Homes LLC
</Table>

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<Table>
<S>                                      <C>                     <C>                               <C>
Trinity Homes LLC                        IN                      Crossmann Communities, Inc.;      100
                                                                 Crossmann Communities
                                                                 Partnership

Crossmann Properties, LLC                IN                      Crossmann Investments, Inc.       19

WCD Associates, LLC                      IN                      Crossmann Communities             37.5
                                                                 Partnership
</Table>

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                                                                    SCHEDULE III

<Table>
<Caption>
                                                                                    PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
INITIAL PURCHASER                                                                      ORIGINAL NOTES

<S>                                                                                     <C>
UBS Warburg LLC                                                                         $175,000,000
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.                                                            80,000,000
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation                                                    35,000,000
Salomon Smith Barney Inc.                                                                 35,000,000
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.                                                               5,000,000
Comerica Securities, Inc.                                                                  5,000,000
PNC Capital Markets, Inc.                                                                  5,000,000
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.                                                             5,000,000
First Union Securities, Inc.                                                               5,000,000
       Total                                                                            $350,000,000
</Table>

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

           FORM OF OPINION OF PAUL, HASTINGS, JANOFSKY & WALKER, LLP,
                         GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY

               The opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP, counsel
for the Company (capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings provided in the Purchase Agreement, to which this is an Exhibit), to be
delivered pursuant to Section 8(f) of the Purchase Agreement shall be to the
effect that:

               (i)    the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
     existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
     Delaware, with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and
     conduct its business as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum
     and the Offering Memorandum, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
     issue, sell and deliver the Notes as herein contemplated;

               (ii)   all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock
     of each of the Corporate Subsidiaries that is a Delaware or Georgia
     corporation have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid
     and non-assessable and, to such counsel's knowledge based solely on such
     counsel's review of stock ledgers provided to such counsel, both the
     capital stock of the Corporate Subsidiaries and the partnership interests
     in the Partnership Subsidiary are owned by the Company or one or more of
     the Subsidiaries free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security
     interest, preemptive rights or other claim; except as described in the
     Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum and, to the
     best knowledge of such counsel, there are no outstanding rights,
     subscriptions, warrants, calls, options or other agreements of any kind
     with respect to the capital stock or the partnership interests of the
     Company or the Subsidiaries;

               (iii)  each of the Corporate Subsidiaries that is a Delaware or
     Georgia corporation or limited liability company has been duly incorporated
     or formed, as the case may be, and the Partnership Subsidiary has been duly
     formed, and is validly existing as a corporation, in the case of the
     Corporate Subsidiaries that are either a Delaware or Georgia corporation or
     limited liability company, or as a limited partnership, in the case of the
     Partnership Subsidiary, in good standing under the laws of its respective
     jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as the case may be, with full
     corporate or partnership power, as the case may be, and authority to own
     its respective properties and conduct its respective business as described
     in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum and to
     execute and deliver the Indenture and the Guarantees;

               (iv)   the Company and the Subsidiaries are duly qualified, and
     are in good standing, in each jurisdiction listed on a schedule to such
     opinion;

               (v)    this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
     delivered by the Company and the Guarantors that are a Delaware
     corporation, Delaware limited liability company, Georgia corporation,
     Georgia limited liability company or Delaware limited partnership;

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               (vi)   the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture have
     been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and
     each of the Guarantors that are a Delaware corporation, Delaware limited
     liability company, Georgia corporation, Georgia limited liability company
     or Delaware limited partnership, and, assuming due authorization, execution
     and delivery by the Trustee, are legal, valid and binding agreements of
     each of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable in accordance
     with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by the
     Enforceability Exceptions;

               (vii)  the Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and the
     Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors that are a
     Delaware corporation, Delaware limited liability company, Georgia
     corporation, Georgia limited liability company or Delaware limited
     partnership and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the
     terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial
     Purchasers, will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and
     the Guarantees will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each
     Guarantor, in each case enforceable in accordance with their terms, except
     as enforcement may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions;

               (viii) the Exchange Notes have been duly authorized by the
     Company and the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the
     Guarantors that are a Delaware corporation, Delaware limited liability
     company, Georgia corporation, Georgia limited liability company or Delaware
     limited partnership and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with
     the terms of the Indenture and issued in connection with the Exchange
     Offer, will be legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and the
     Guarantees will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each
     Guarantor, in each case enforceable in accordance with their terms, except
     as enforcement may be limited by the Enforceability Exceptions;

               (ix)   the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly
     authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors that
     are a Delaware corporation, Delaware limited liability company, Georgia
     corporation, Georgia limited liability company or Delaware limited
     partnership and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
     Company and the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the
     Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be
     limited by the Enforceability Exceptions;

               (x)    the Company will not, upon consummation of the
     transactions contemplated by this Agreement, be an "investment company," or
     a "promoter" or "principal underwriter" for a "registered investment
     company," as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
     as amended;

               (xi)   the Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Guarantees, the
     Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, and the Registration Rights
     Agreement conform in all material respects as to legal matters to the
     descriptions thereof contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and
     the Offering Memorandum;

               (xii)  no consent, approval, order of filing, authorization or
     order of any governmental authority is required for the issuance and sale
     by the Company of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers or the consummation
     by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein, except

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     as such as may be required under states securities or "Blue Sky" laws, or
     the laws of any foreign jurisdiction, as to which such counsel need not
     express an opinion;

               (xiii) no registration under the Act is required in connection
     with the sale of the Original Notes to the Initial Purchasers as
     contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum or in connection
     with the initial resale of the Original Notes by the Initial Purchasers in
     accordance with this Agreement, and prior to the commencement of the
     Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), and the
     effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the
     Registration Rights Agreement); and the Indenture is not required to be
     qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;

               (xiv)  the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
     by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
     contemplated hereby do not and will not conflict with, or result in a
     breach of, or constitute a default under (nor constitute any event which
     with notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach of or
     default under), any provisions of (i) the charter or by-laws of the Company
     or any of the Subsidiaries, (ii) under any provisions of any license,
     indenture, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan, credit agreement or
     other agreement or instrument which is attached or incorporated by
     reference as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
     fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 (except that such counsel expresses no
     opinion with respect to clause (ii) above as to any covenant, restriction
     or provision of any such agreement with respect to financial covenants,
     ratios or financial tests or any aspect of the financial condition or
     results of operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), (iii) or
     result in any violation of, the Delaware General Corporation Law, the laws
     of the States of New York and Georgia or the Federal laws of the United
     States of America or (iv) to such counsel's knowledge, any judgment, order
     or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any
     court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or
     arbitrator of the United States or the States of New York, Georgia or
     Delaware having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
     or of Crossmann and its subsidiaries, which breach or default could
     reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

               (xv)   to the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
     contracts, licenses, agreements, leases or documents of a character which
     are required to be summarized or described in the Offering Memorandum which
     have not been so summarized or described;

               (xvi)  the Indenture is in sufficient form for due qualification
     under the Trust Indenture Act.

               (xvii) When the Certificate of Merger has been filed with the
     Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the Merger will become
     effective in Delaware in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law.

                    We have participated in the preparation of the Offering
Memorandum. From time to time we have had discussions with officers, directors
and employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries, the independent accountants
who examined the consolidated financial statements of the Company and their
subsidiaries included in the Offering Memorandum, and the Initial Purchasers at
which the contents of the Offering Memorandum and related matters were
discussed. We have not independently

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verified and are not passing upon, and do not assume responsibility for, the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the information contained in the Offering
Memorandum. Based upon the participation and discussions described above,
however, no facts have come to such counsel's attention that cause it to believe
that the Offering Memorandum, as of its date or as of the date hereof, contained
or contains an untrue statement of a material fact, or omitted or omits to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being
understood that we have not been requested to and do not make any comment with
respect to the financial statements and the notes thereto and the other
financial, statistical and accounting data included in the Offering Memorandum).

         In rendering any such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of
fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of responsible
officers of the Company and public officials and, as to matters of involving the
application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Delaware or
New York or the United States, to the extent satisfactory in form and scope to
Cahill Gordon & Reindel, counsel to the Initial Purchasers.

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                                     FORM OF
                      AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                   This Amendment No.1 (the "Amendment") to the Purchase
Agreement (the "Agreement") among Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), each of the Company's subsidiaries listed on Schedule I thereto
(the "Guarantors") and UBS Warburg LLC, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., Credit
Suisse First Boston Corporation, Salomon Smith Barney Inc., BNP Paribas
Securities Corp., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. and First Union Securities,
Inc. (collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), dated as of April 11, 2002, is
made and entered into as of the 17th day of April, 2002 by and among the
Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. Capitalized terms used but
otherwise not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them
in the Agreement.

                   WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8(v) of the Agreement, the
Agreement shall be amended at the Closing Date to cause each of the Crossmann
entities (the "Crossmann entities") to become parties to the Agreement.

                   NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the
mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and in the Agreement, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

                   1. The Crossmann entities hereby agree to become parties to
the Agreement and shall be considered Guarantors for purposes thereof;

                   2. On and after the date hereof, all references to the
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Agreement, as amended hereby; and

                   3. Except as expressly modified hereby, the Agreement is
hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

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                   4. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Crossmann entities have caused
this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

                                   BUILDER'S LINK, INC.
                                   CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES OF NORTH
                                    CAROLINA, INC.
                                   CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES OF OHIO, INC.
                                   CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES OF TENNESSEE, LLC
                                   CROSSMANN COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP
                                   CROSSMANN INVESTMENTS, INC.
                                   CROSSMANN MANAGEMENT INC.
                                   CROSSMANN MORTGAGE CORP.
                                   CROSSMANN REALTY, CO.
                                   CUTTER HOMES LTD.
                                   DELUXE AVIATION, INC.
                                   DELUXE HOMES OF LAFAYETTE, INC.
                                   DELUXE HOMES OF OHIO, INC.
                                   MERIT REALTY, INC.
                                   PARAGON TITLE, LLC
                                   PINEHURST BUILDERS LLC
                                   TRINITY HOMES LLC.,
                                   AS GUARANTORS

                                   By
                                     ------------------------------------
                                      Title:

                                      B-2<Page>

                                                                    Exhibit 4.14

                  UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES
IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY ANY SUCH NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO AN ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

                  TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN
WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 2.17 OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.(1)

                           THE NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS
                  ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
                  UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
                  AND THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR
                  OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
                  AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE NOTE
                  EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE
                  RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF
                  THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER

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(1)      This paragraph should be included if the Note is issued in global form.

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                  EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE NOTE
                  EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF BEAZER HOMES USA,
                  INC. THAT (A) SUCH NOTE MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
                  TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)(A) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY
                  BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN
                  RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN
                  ACCOUNT IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A
                  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (B) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
                  REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE
                  THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING
                  THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
                  SECURITIES ACT, (D) TO AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" WITHIN THE
                  MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE
                  SECURITIES ACT (AN "INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR") THAT
                  IS PURCHASING AT LEAST $100,000 OF NOTES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT
                  OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
                  (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF BEAZER HOMES USA,
                  INC. SO REQUESTS) OR (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION
                  FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT
                  PROVIDED THAT IN THE CASE OF A TRANSFER UNDER CLAUSE (E) SUCH
                  TRANSFER IS SUBJECT TO THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE (AND BEAZER
                  HOMES USA, INC., IF IT SO REQUESTS) OF A CERTIFICATION OF THE
                  TRANSFEROR AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH
                  TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) TO
                  BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR (3) UNDER
                  AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
                  AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
                  SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR

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                  ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND THE INDENTURE GOVERNING
                  THE NOTES AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER
                  IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE NOTE
                  EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A)
                  ABOVE. IF ANY RESALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF ANY NOTE IS PROPOSED
                  TO BE MADE UNDER CLAUSE (A)(1)(D) ABOVE WHILE THESE TRANSFER
                  RESTRICTIONS ARE IN FORCE THEN THE TRANSFEROR SHALL DELIVER A
                  LETTER FROM THE TRANSFEREE TO BEAZER AND THE TRUSTEE WHICH
                  SHALL PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE TRANSFEREE IS AN
                  INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR AND THAT IT IS ACQUIRING THE
                  NOTES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN
                  VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

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NO.                                                          CUSIP NO.: _______

                     8 3/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012, SERIES A

                             BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.
                             A DELAWARE CORPORATION

promises to pay to

or registered assigns
the principal sum of                            [Dollars] on April 15, 2012

8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2012
Interest Payment Dates:  April 15 and October 15, commencing on October 15, 2002
Record Dates:  April 1 and October 1

Authenticated:                                Dated:

                                              BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

                                              [Seal]

                                              By:
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee, certifies that this is one
of the Notes referred to in the
within mentioned Indenture.

By:
   -----------------------------------
        Authorized Signatory

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                             BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

                     8 3/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012, SERIES A

1.       INTEREST.
                  BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. (the "COMPANY"), a Delaware
corporation, promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at
the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually on
April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing October 15, 2002, until the
principal is paid or made available for payment. Interest on the Notes will
accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from April 17, 2002. Interest
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2.       METHOD OF PAYMENT.
                  The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted
interest, if any, which will be paid on such special payment date to Holders of
record on such special record date as may be fixed by the Company) to the
persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on April 1
and October 1. Holders must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect
principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the
United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public
and private debts.

3.       PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR.
                  Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the "TRUSTEE") will
act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change or appoint any Paying
Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar without notice. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-Registrar.

4.       INDENTURE.
                  The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of
April 17, 2002 ("INDENTURE") among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and
the Trustee. The terms of the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees include those
stated in the Indenture (including those terms set forth in the Authorizing
Resolution or supplemental indenture pertaining to the Notes of the Series of
which this Note is a part) and those made part of the Indenture by reference to
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 ("TIA") as in effect on the date of the
Indenture. The Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are subject to all such
terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a
statement of them. The Notes include the Initial

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Notes and the Exchange Notes (each as defined in the Indenture) issued in
exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (as
hereinafter defined).

                  The Company will furnish to any Securityholder upon written
request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and the applicable
Authorizing Resolution or supplemental indenture. Requests may be made to:
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite B-200, Atlanta,
Georgia 30342, Attention: President.

5.       OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
                  The Company may redeem all or any portion of the Notes at any
time and from time to time on or after April 15, 2007, and prior to maturity at
the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount thereof) together, in each case, with accrued and unpaid interest to the
date fixed for redemption if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on
April 15 of each year indicated below:

<Table>
<Caption>
                  Year                                       Percentage
                  ----                                       ----------
                  <S>                                        <C>
                  2007.....................................   104.188%
                  2008.....................................   102.791%
                  2009.....................................   101.396%
                  2010 and thereafter......................   100.000%
</Table>

                  In addition, on or prior to April 15, 2005, the Company may,
at its option redeem up to 35% of the outstanding Notes with the net proceeds of
an Equity Offering at 108.375% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption; PROVIDED, that at
least $227.5 million principal amount of the Notes remain outstanding after such
redemption. Notice of any such redemption must be given within 60 days after the
date of the closing of the relevant Public Equity Offering.

                  The Indenture requires the Company

                  (i) to offer to purchase all of the outstanding Notes upon a
         Change of Control of the Company,

                  (ii) to offer to purchase a portion of the outstanding Notes
         using Net Proceeds neither used to repay certain Indebtedness nor used
         or invested as provided in the Supplemental Indenture or

                  (iii) to offer to purchase 10% of the original outstanding
         principal amount of the Notes in the event that, at the end of any two
         consecutive fiscal quarters, the Company's Consolidated Tangible Net
         Worth is less than $85 million; PROVIDED that no such offer shall be
         required if, following such two fiscal quarters but prior to the date
         the Company is required to make such offer, capital in cash or cash
         equivalents is

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         contributed to the Company in an Equity Offering sufficient to increase
         the Company's Consolidated Tangible Net Worth after giving effect to
         such contribution to an amount equal to or greater than $85 million.

                  In the event less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at
any time, selection of the Notes to be redeemed will be made by the Trustee from
among the outstanding Notes on a PRO RATA basis, by lot or by any other method
permitted by the Indenture. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 15 days
but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of Notes to
be redeemed at his or her registered address. On and after the redemption date,
interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for
redemption.

6.       REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT.
                  The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of a
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2002, among the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers named therein (as such may
be amended from time to time, the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT"). Capitalized
terms used in this subsection but not defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them in the Registration Rights Agreement.

                  If (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed
with the Commission on or before the 90th calendar day following the Issue Date
or, if that day is not a Business Day, then the next day that is a Business Day;
(ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or
before the 150th calendar day following the Issue Date or, if that day is not a
Business Day, then the next day that is a Business Day; (iii) the Exchange Offer
is not completed on or before the 180th calendar day following the Issue Date
or, if that day is not a Business Day, then the next day that is a Business Day;
or (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement is required to be filed but is not
filed or declared effective within the time periods required by the Registration
Rights Agreement or is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective
or usable (subject to certain exceptions) (each such event referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv), a "REGISTRATION DEFAULT"), the interest rate borne by
the Notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum upon the occurrence of a
Registration Default. This rate will continue to increase by 0.25% each 90 day
period that the Liquidated Damages (as defined below) continue to accrue under
any such circumstance. However, the maximum total increase in the interest rate
will in no event exceed one percent (1.0%) per year. The increase in the
interest rate on the Notes is referred to as "LIQUIDATED DAMAGES." Such interest
is payable in addition to any other interest payable from time to time with
respect to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes in cash on each interest
payment date to the Holders of record for such interest payment date.

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7.       DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE.
                  The Notes are in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer
or exchange Notes by presentation of such Notes to the Registrar or a
co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an
equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations. The Registrar may
require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by
the Indenture. The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Note selected for
redemption, except the unredeemed part thereof if the Note is redeemed in part,
or transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of
Notes to be redeemed.

8.       PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
                  The registered Holder of this Note shall be treated as the
owner of it for all purposes.

9.       UNCLAIMED MONEY.
                  If money for the payment of principal or interest remains
unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to
the Company at its request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look
to the Company for payment unless an abandoned property law designates another
person.

10.      AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT, WAIVER.
                  Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may
be amended or supplemented with the consent (which may include consents obtained
in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) of the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any
existing Default or Event of Default (other than any continuing Default or Event
of Default in the payment of interest on or the principal of the Notes) under,
or compliance with any provision of, the Indenture may be waived with the
consent (which may include consents obtained in connection with a tender offer
or exchange offer for Notes) of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Notes then outstanding. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture or the Notes or
waive any provision of the Indenture to cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency, to comply with Section 3.10 of the Supplemental Indenture; to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to certificated Notes; to make any
change that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of
any Holder; to comply with or qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act; or to reflect a Subsidiary Guarantor ceasing to be liable on the Subsidiary
Guarantees because it is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company.

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11.      SUCCESSOR CORPORATION.
                  When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of
its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture, the predecessor corporation
will be released from those obligations.

12.      TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY.
                  U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the
Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept
deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its affiliates, and may
otherwise deal with the Company or its affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.

13.      NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
                  A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under
the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Note
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Notes.

14.      DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
                  The Indenture contains certain provisions pertaining to
defeasance, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if
set forth herein.

15.      AUTHENTICATION.
                  This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the
certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

16.      ABBREVIATIONS.
                  Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Securityholder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT
(= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian), and U/G/M/A (=
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

                  If you the Holder want to assign this Note, fill in the form
below:

                  I or we assign and transfer this Note to

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              (Insert assignee's social security or tax ID number)

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             (Print or type assignee's name, address, and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint

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agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.

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Date: ________________              Your signature:_____________________________
                                    (Sign exactly as your name appears on the
                                    other side of this Note)

                               SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

                  Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion
Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all
in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                  In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior
to the date which is the earlier of (i) the date of the declaration by the
Commission of the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT") covering resales of this Note
(which effectiveness shall not have been suspended or terminated at the date of
the transfer) and (ii) two years from the Issue Date, the undersigned confirms
that it has not utilized any general solicitation or general advertising in
connection with the transfer:

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                                   [Check One]
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(1)  __           to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; or

(2)  __           pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

(3)  __           to an institutional "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule
                  501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933,
                  as amended) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter
                  containing certain representations and agreements (the form of
                  which letter can be obtained from the Trustee); or

(4)  __           outside the United States to a "foreign person" in compliance
                  with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act of
                  1933, as amended; or

(5)  __           pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule
                  144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

(6)  __           pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
                  Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

(7)  __           pursuant to another available exemption from the registration
                  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

and unless the box below is checked, the undersigned confirms that such Note is
not being transferred to an "affiliate" of the Company as defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (an "AFFILIATE"):

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                  / /      The transferee is an Affiliate of the Company.

                  Unless one of the items is checked, the Trustee will refuse to
register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any
person other than the registered Holder thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if item
(3), (4), (5) or (7) is checked, the Company or the Trustee may require, prior
to registering any such transfer of the Notes, in their sole discretion, such
written legal opinions, certifications (including an investment letter in the
case of box (3) or (4)) and other information as the Trustee or the Company has
reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                  If none of the foregoing items are checked, the Trustee or
Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any person
other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such
transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.14 of the Indenture
shall have been satisfied.

Dated:  ____________________        Signed:_____________________________________
                                    (Sign exactly as name appears on the other
                                    side of this Note)

Signature Subsidiary Guarantee:    ____________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed)

                               SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

                  Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution" meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements
include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion
Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all
in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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              TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (2) ABOVE IS CHECKED

                  The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing
this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises
sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a "qualified
institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on
Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the
Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined
not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is
relying upon the undersigned's foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

Dated:  ______________         _________________________________________________
                               NOTICE:  To be executed by an executive officer

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                [FORM OF NOTATION ON NOTE RELATING TO GUARANTEE]

                                    GUARANTEE

                  Beazer Homes Corp., Beazer/Squires Realty, Inc., Beazer Homes
Sales Arizona Inc., Beazer Realty Corp., Beazer Mortgage Corporation, Beazer
Homes Holdings Corp., Beazer Homes Texas Holdings, Inc., Beazer Homes Texas,
L.P., April Corporation, Beazer SPE, LLC, Beazer Homes Investment Corp., Beazer
Realty, Inc., Beazer Clarksburg, LLC, Homebuilders Title Services of Virginia,
Inc., Homebuilders Title Services, Inc., Texas Lone Star Title, L.P., Universal
Solutions Insurance Agency, Inc., Builder's Link, Inc., Crossmann Communities of
North Carolina, Inc., Crossmann Communities of Ohio, Inc., Crossmann Communities
of Tennessee, LLC, Crossmann Communities Partnership, Crossmann Investments,
Inc., Crossmann Management Inc., Crossmann Mortgage Corp., Crossmann Realty,
Co., Cutter Homes Ltd., Deluxe Aviation, Inc., Deluxe Homes of Lafayette, Inc.,
Deluxe Homes of Ohio, Inc., Merit Realty, Inc., Paragon Title, LLC, Pinehurst
Builders LLC and Trinity Homes LLC (the "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS") have
unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally (such guarantee by each
Subsidiary Guarantor being referred to herein as the "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE") (i)
the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes,
whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment
of interest on the overdue principal and interest, if any, on the Notes, to the
extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of
the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set
forth in Article Nine of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time
of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the
same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the
terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise.

                  No past, present or future stockholder, officer, director,
employee or incorporator, as such, of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall
have any liability under the Subsidiary Guarantee by reason of such person's
status as stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator. Each holder
of a Note by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. This
waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Subsidiary Guarantees.

                  Each holder of a Note by accepting a Note agrees that any
Subsidiary Guarantor named below shall have no further liability with respect to
its Subsidiary Guarantee if such Subsidiary Guarantor otherwise ceases to be
liable in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture.

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                  The Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for
any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Notes upon which the
Subsidiary Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the
Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.

                             SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

                                 Beazer Homes Corp.
                                 Beazer/Squires Realty, Inc.
                                 Beazer Homes Sales Arizona Inc.
                                 Beazer Realty Corp.
                                 Beazer Mortgage Corporation
                                 Beazer Homes Holdings Corp.
                                 Beazer Homes Texas Holdings, Inc.
                                 Beazer Homes Texas, L.P.
                                 April Corporation
                                 Beazer SPE, LLC
                                 Beazer Homes Investment Corp.
                                 Beazer Realty, Inc.
                                 Beazer Clarksburg, LLC
                                 Homebuilders Title Services of Virginia, Inc.
                                 Homebuilders Title Services, Inc.
                                 Texas Lone Star Title, L.P.
                                 Universal Solutions Insurance Agency, Inc.

                                 By:
                                     -----------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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                             CROSSMANN SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

                                 Builder's Link, Inc.
                                 Crossmann Communities of North Carolina, Inc.
                                 Crossmann Communities of Ohio, Inc.
                                 Crossmann Communities of Tennessee, LLC
                                 Crossmann Communities Partnership
                                 Crossmann Investments, Inc.
                                 Crossmann Management Inc.
                                 Crossmann Mortgage Corp.
                                 Crossmann Realty, Co.
                                 Cutter Homes Ltd.
                                 Deluxe Aviation, Inc.
                                 Deluxe Homes of Lafayette, Inc.
                                 Deluxe Homes of Ohio, Inc.
                                 Merit Realty, Inc.
                                 Paragon Title, LLC
                                 Pinehurst Builders LLC
                                 Trinity Homes LLC

                                 By:
                                     -----------------------------------
                                     Name:
                                     Title:

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