Selling Your Home in Roman Forest?

Market data

Roman Forest home values and market activity

HAR does not publish a single neighborhood fact sheet that matches Roman Forest, so we price from MLS sales of homes like yours instead.

Seller preparation

What Roman Forest buyers will ask, and what to have ready

1. City rules, permits and deed restrictions

   Inside city limits, permits, code compliance and police come from the City of Roman Forest, not the county. The city has no formal zoning and relies on recorded deed restrictions for Sections 1 through 6, which it posts with amendments and plats; the scanned copies are hard to search, so read them for fences, outbuildings, parking and use limits. The city has also been reviewing zoning and a comprehensive plan.

   • Permits are moving to a new vendor (AOKA); check the city's permit page for the current process.
   • Ask the seller for permits on past additions, decks, pools or fences.

   What buyers will do: Confirm the lot is inside city limits on the city's map, then read that section's deed restrictions before you plan any changes.

   What to have ready: The recorded deed restrictions for your section and the permits or approvals for past additions, pools, fences and remodels.

   Sources: City limit and ETJ map · Deed restrictions and plats · City of Roman Forest: Building and permits

2. City tax plus a MUD or PUD

   Adopted 2025 rates per $100 (Montgomery County Tax Office): City of Roman Forest 0.5475, Montgomery County 0.3770, New Caney ISD 1.2552 and ESD 7 0.10, plus Roman Forest Consolidated MUD (0.23) in Sections 1 and 2 or Roman Forest PUD 3 (0.7037) in Sections 3 and 4. Roman Forest PUD 4 levied 1.0785 in 2025. For 2026 the tax office lists the city at 0.5461 and the county at 0.3860.

   • Water and sewer bills come from the same MUD or PUD; electricity is Entergy and gas is CenterPoint.
   • File the homestead exemption after closing; the seller's bill reflects the seller's exemptions, not yours.

   What buyers will do: Check the parcel's taxing units on the appraisal district site and confirm the water provider for that section before you make an offer.

   What to have ready: Your latest tax statement with its list of taxing units and your exemptions. Buyers know their own bill will be figured on their own value and exemptions, so a clear breakdown helps.

   Sources: Montgomery Central Appraisal District · Montgomery County Tax Office: rate history · Roman Forest PUD 3

3. Creeks and county flood tools

   H-GAC says Caney Creek and Peach Creek drain south through this part of Montgomery County to the East Fork San Jacinto River and Lake Houston, and lists New Caney among their communities. Montgomery County has no countywide flood control district; the county, SJRA and local water districts share the work. In September 2019 KHOU reported 8 to 9 feet of water on Pecan Drive in New Caney after Imelda; that report does not name Roman Forest, so check the specific lot.

   • SJRA's Know Your Watershed viewer shows which watershed an address drains to.
   • Ask for the seller's disclosure, any elevation certificate and the flood insurance history.

   What buyers will do: Look up the lot on the FEMA map and SJRA's viewer 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 · SJRA Know Your Watershed · H-GAC: Caney and Peach Creek watersheds · SJRA: who oversees flood control in Montgomery County

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.