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Custom Home Builder In Galloway, NJ
Galloway Township gives you something most of South Jersey can’t — real acreage to build on without leaving the Atlantic County corridor. JM Ungaro Company builds custom homes here on everything from half-acre suburban lots near Smithville to five-plus-acre wooded parcels out west. If you’ve been priced out of the shore towns or you just want more land and more privacy, this is where your build starts.
Build Where You Actually Have Room
Custom Builds That Suite Your Lot In Galloway
Most buyers looking at Galloway already know what they want — a home with real space around it, not a lot line you can touch from your neighbor’s kitchen window. With over 114 square miles of township to work with, the range of buildable lots here is hard to match anywhere else in the region. JM Ungaro Company has been building custom homes across Atlantic County for over a decade, and we work with homeowners from the first conversation about a lot through final walkthrough. Whether you’re looking at a cleared parcel near Route 30 or a wooded lot further west that needs site work, we’ll walk the property with you and tell you exactly what’s involved before anything gets started.
From An Empty Lot To A Custom Home In Galloway
No Shortcuts, Just Quality Homes
When you’re building on a larger rural lot in Galloway, there’s no cutting corners and hoping nobody notices. The home has to be built right — your foundation, your framing, your mechanicals — because you’re the one living with it for the next thirty years.
JM Ungaro Company has earned 17+ five-star reviews by doing exactly that on every job, and owner Justin Ungaro is personally involved in every build from start to finish. You can see the quality in our portfolio, and you can hear it from homeowners who’ve been through the process with us.
JM Ungaro Company Builders is based in Egg Harbor Township and works throughout Atlantic & Cape May County. Our owner Justin Ungaro is directly involved in every project, from the first site visit through final walkthrough.
New Construction & Tear-Down Rebuilds
Every project we take on in Galloway is a custom build, no spec homes, no cookie-cutter floor plans. We work with you on the design from the start and build to your specifications on your lot.
Ground-Up New Build On Your Lot Homes
You bring the lot, we handle everything from site evaluation and design through permitting and construction. (We will try our best to assist in finding lots).
Tear-Down and Rebuild Your Home
When renovating an older home doesn't make financial sense, we demolish the existing structure and build new on the same lot, designed to current codes and your specifications.
From Start To Finish - Our Process
We follow a four-phase process on every build, whether it’s a ground-up home on a vacant lot or a teardown-rebuild on an existing property:
- Feasibility and Zoning — Site evaluation, zoning review, and preliminary design to confirm what’s buildable on your lot.
- Pre-Construction and Permitting — Final plans, engineering, and permit applications through Galloway’s building department.
- Shell Phase — Foundation, framing, roofing, and exterior — the structure takes shape.
- Finishing — Interior buildout through final inspections and your walkthrough.
For a full breakdown of each phase, see our custom home building process page.
Hear From Previous Customers
Straight From Our Customers Living In Happy New Homes
We let our work and our customers do the talking. Here’s what recent homeowners have said about building with us!
Build New In Galloway with JM Ungaro
Get Started With Us Today
If you’ve got a lot in Galloway or you’re still looking, give us a call at (609) 432-7675 and let’s talk about what you want to build. We also build custom homes in Linwood, Absecon & more! See the rest of our service areas here →
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Commonly Asked Questions Before Building
If you haven’t built a custom home before, you probably have a lot of questions, that’s normal. Here are the ones we hear most from homeowners looking at Galloway.
It depends on whether the lot has access to public sewer. In growth areas near Route 30 and Smithville, lots with public sewer can be as small as one acre. In the more rural western sections where you'll need well and septic, you're typically looking at a two-acre minimum. We can help you figure out what applies to a specific lot before you commit to buying it.
Parts of Galloway fall under Pinelands Commission jurisdiction, which means some lots require an additional review before you can build. It's not a dealbreaker — it just adds a step to the process. If your lot is in a Pinelands zone, we'll flag it early and make sure you know what to expect before we get into design.
It varies by location. Areas closer to Route 30 and the Smithville corridor generally have public sewer available. If you're looking at a lot in the more rural western part of the township, plan on well and septic. We build on both setups regularly and can walk you through what each one means for your new home.
Most of our custom builds run 10 to 14 months from permit to move-in, depending on the size and complexity of the home. Factors like site clearing on wooded lots or Pinelands review can add time on the front end, so we set realistic timelines before breaking ground.
No. A lot of our clients come to us while they're still shopping for land, and that's actually a good thing. We can look at a lot with you and give you an honest read on what it'll take to build there — things like site prep, utilities, and any zoning considerations — so you're not surprised after you've already closed on the property.