EXHIBIT 10.19

                                  AMENDMENT TO

                      AMENDED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN

                              DOMINION HOMES, INC,

                                       AND

                           JON M. DONNELL ("EMPLOYEE")

WHEREAS, Dominion Homes, Inc. ("Dominion") and Employee, collectively, the
"Parties," entered into an amended employment agreement ("Agreement") on
December 29, 2000; and

WHEREAS, the Parties want to amend the Agreement effective January 1, 2003;

NOW, THEREFORE, in exchange for valuable mutual consideration, the adequacy and
receipt of which is acknowledged by the Parties on their behalf and in behalf of
their successors, heirs, assigns and all other claiming through them, the
Agreement is amended as follows.

Effective January 1, 2003, wherever used in the Agreement, the term "Change in
Control" means:

     The  occurrence of the first of any of the following events:

          [1]  Douglas Borror and David Borror both cease to be members of
          Company's Board of Directors; or

          [2]  Any direct or indirect acquisition by a "person," including a
          "group" [as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Act")] after which the
          "person" or "group" is the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule
          13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the
          Company representing more than 40 percent of the combined voting power
          of the Company's then outstanding securities; provided, however, that
          "person" or "group" will not include [a] the Company, [b] any entity
          under common control with the Company [within the meaning of Section
          414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ("Code")], [c] BRC Properties
          Inc. or any of its shareholders or members of the family [as defined
          in Code Section 318] of Donald Borror or [d] any employee benefit plan
          of any entity described in Section [2][a], [b] and/or [c] of this
          definition; or

          [3]  The adoption or authorization by the shareholders of the Company
          of a definitive agreement or a series of related agreements [a] for
          the merger or other business combination of the Company with or into
          another entity in which the shareholders of the Company immediately
          before the effective date of that merger or other business combination
          own less than 50 percent



          of the voting power in the entity immediately after the effective date
          of that merger or other business combination; or [b] for the sale or
          other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
          Company; or

          [4]  The adoption by the shareholders of the Company of a plan
          relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed and delivered this Agreement.

                                    EMPLOYEE

                                    /s/ Jon M. Donnell
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                                    Signed: December 20, 2002


                                    DOMINION HOMES, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Robert A.Meyer Jr.
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                                    Signed: December 20, 2002