Exhibit 32.3

                     CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
                    (Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350,
                   Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)


Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code), the
undersigned officer of Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. (the "Company"), does hereby
certify that:


         1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended June
30, 2003 (the "Form 10-K") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         2. The information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



Date: September 18, 2003                    By: /s/ Michael T. Vesey
                                               ----------------------------
                                            Name: Michael T. Vesey
                                            Title: President and
                                                   Chief Operating Officer


[The foregoing certification is being furnished as an exhibit to the Form 10-K
pursuant to Item 610(b)(32) of Regulation S-K and section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63
of Title 18, United States Code) and, accordingly, is not being filed as part of
the Form 10-K.]