Permit service
We file your Nashville STR permit
You send the details once. We handle the document plan, the inspector, the notary, the neighbour letters and the filing.
$1,000
flat, one time
Filed in 14 days, or you pay nothing
The 14 days start once we have your documents and access for the inspection. Miss it and the $1,000 comes back.
Free to send. You pay after you see the job.
Free first: check whether the parcel can hold a permit. Most Davidson County parcels sit in a district where Metro will not issue a new not-owner-occupied permit at all — worth knowing before anything else. Included at no charge if Boost manages the property.
How this runs
Four stages, one filing
Two documents get notarized, a licensed inspector stamps a report, and the neighbour letters go out by certified mail before filing. We run all of it.
You tell us about the property
About ten minutes. Owner name as the deed has it, sleeping rooms, HOA, insurance. No documents yet.
We build the document plan
We check parcel and zoning against Metro's records, work out how many neighbour letters your lot needs, and send the list for this property.
We run the legwork
We book the inspector and mobile notary, prepare the letters, pull the deed and tax printout, and check every name against the deed. You sign two forms, let the inspector in, and mail the letters.
Chris files it, once
The ePermits portal cannot save and return, so it is filed once. Chris reviews the package, files it, and handles Metro's questions. The permit is issued to you.
What we will ask you for
The real list, up front
What Metro requires, and who produces each part. No surprises later.
- Two notarized forms
- The True and Accurate affidavit and the Owner Authorization form, both Metro's own. We arrange the notary.
- An inspection certification
- A TN-licensed inspector certifies smoke alarms, egress windows and house numbers, and verifies the floor plan. We book it; you pay them direct.
- Neighbour notification by certified mail
- Every parcel touching the lot — four letters minimum, more on a corner. They must land before filing. We prepare them; you mail them.
- Insurance and ownership
- A declarations page with liability at $1M or more, from a carrier that knows it is a short-term rental. We pull the deed and the tax proof.
- A floor plan for every floor
- Rooms, walls, doors, windows and smoke detectors marked. Hand-drawn is fine. Metro caps a permit at four sleeping rooms.
- ID and residency documents — sent by you, to Metro
- Metro requires these by email, direct from you to strpapplications@nashville.gov. Licences and bank statements — there is no upload here and we do not take copies.
What Metro charges
The city’s money, and ours
We do not mark up a city fee. Metro's fees are the same whether you file yourself or we do.
- $1,000 — us
- Everything above: eligibility, document plan, inspector and notary booking, the letter pack, deed and tax pulls, the filing, and Metro's follow-up. Free if Boost manages the property.
- $313 — Metro Codes
- Due on approval, not at filing. Cash, check, or card with a 2.3% fee. $313 again at each renewal.
- $15 or $30 — County Clerk
- A separate business licence, easy to miss. Nothing under $3,000 gross; Minimal Activity to $99,999; Business Tax above. The two rates are General and Urban Services District.
- The inspection — the inspector
- A third-party cost, not a Metro fee — a few hundred dollars, paid direct.
Fees verified against nashville.gov on 7 September 2026. Hotel occupancy and sales tax are separate again, and ongoing rather than one-off.
Before you pay
What could still go wrong
The part most services leave out.
- The guarantee, in full. If we have not filed your Metro STR permit within 14 days, the $1,000 is refunded. The clock starts once we have every document we asked for and access for the inspection — we cannot start it for you. Metro’s own fees are not part of the refund.
- Metro decides, not us. The city publishes no processing time and we do not invent one. Our 14 days cover filing a complete application, not Metro’s answer.
- A denial bars re-applying for six months on the same property. That is why the free eligibility check comes first — better a no in twenty minutes than in week six.
- Zoning is not negotiable. A new not-owner-occupied permit is prohibited outright in the AR2A, R, RS and RM districts — most of Davidson County.
- An HOA or condo ban defeats it even where Metro would permit. We read the declaration with you before anyone pays.
Start
The intake
This opens the job and produces your document list. Free to send — the fee comes after, once you have seen the job.
Not ready yet
Ask about this service instead
Ask before starting anything. A written answer from Chris, usually the same business day — and that is the whole interaction unless you want more.
Usual questions: whether the zoning allows the permit you want, what happens when a property sells, how the 14 days are counted, and what the inspection checks.