Selling Your Home in Barrington, Kingwood?

Market data

Barrington home values and market activity

HAR 2025 neighborhood facts

Source: HAR.com (HAR 2025 Facts, based on appraisal district records). Market and appraised values are not sale prices. HAR’s neighborhood boundary may not match the subdivision exactly.

Seller preparation

What Barrington buyers will ask, and what to have ready

1. Harvey hit Barrington hard

   Council Member Dave Martin said more than 80 percent of homes in Barrington, Kingwood Greens Village and Fosters Mill had water damage after Hurricane Harvey in 2017 (Community Impact, Nov. 2017). That storm followed Lake Conroe releases of nearly 80,000 cfs; May 2024 releases reached 71,835 cfs, the most since. A village-level figure does not tell you what happened to a specific house, or what was done to it afterward.

   • Ask whether the home flooded in 2017 or later, what was repaired or rebuilt, and whether it was elevated.
   • Request the elevation certificate, FEMA claims history the seller can obtain, and any LOMA or permit records.

   What buyers will do: Look up the address on FEMA's map, the Harris County Flood Education Mapping Tool and MAAPnext's draft maps, and get a flood insurance quote before the option period ends.

   What to have ready: Your seller’s disclosure flood answers, any elevation certificate, your flood insurance declarations page and records of any claim, repair or mitigation work.

   Sources: FEMA Flood Map Service Center · Harris County Flood Education Mapping Tool · MAAPnext draft flood maps · Community Impact: Harvey's effect (Nov. 2017)

2. Kingwood Lakes South: costs and rules

   Barrington's association is legally The Kingwood Lakes South Community Association, Inc., managed by Goodwin & Company. Beyond the unpublished annual assessment, a buyer pays a $1,000 working capital charge and an entry fee equal to half the annual assessment at closing (Feb. 2025 certificate). The association owns the streets and gate, enforces no street parking and a 20 mph limit, and may take up to 45 days on architectural requests.

   • Order the resale certificate from Goodwin (goodwintx.com); rush service costs extra.
   • Ask about reserves for the private streets, gate and Manor House, and any planned special assessments.

   What buyers will do: Get the resale certificate and budget early, and add the entry fee and working capital to your cash-to-close estimate.

   What to have ready: The management company’s contact, an early order for the resale certificate for every association on the lot, and approval letters for exterior changes.

   Sources: Kingwood Lakes South Community Association · Management certificate RP-2025-63639

3. Build dates and post-Harvey history

   Barrington's plats were recorded from 2003 (Section 1) to 2008 (Section 2 and replats), while HAR's 2025 facts show a median build year of 2013; the difference may reflect homes rebuilt or built later. Either way, the house's construction and repair history after 2017 is a key part of due diligence on a large home.

   • Ask for permits, contractor invoices and warranties for any post-flood work.
   • Check the HCAD record for the year built and any value changes after 2017.

   What buyers will do: Hire a TREC-licensed inspector, and pull the permit history for the address before the option period ends.

   What to have ready: Dates and receipts for the roof, HVAC, water heater, plumbing, foundation and other major work, plus any inspection reports you already have.

   Sources: Kingwood Lakes South certificate (2021) with plat dates · HAR.com: Barrington facts · HCAD property search

Insurance and disclosures: buyers will price homeowners and flood insurance before they commit. Have your current declarations pages, any elevation certificate and any flood-claim history ready; Texas sellers also answer flooding questions on the seller’s disclosure notice (Texas Property Code §5.008). See our Houston flood map guide.