How much does house demolition cost in Nashville? The usual demolition job filed with Nashville is $10,000, from 1,667 priced permits (September 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $8,000 and $12,000. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. The file does not say which Nashville demolition permits were whole-house teardowns and which were garages, sheds or partial demolition, so every figure here covers all of them.
The usual Nashville demolition permit is filed at $10,000, from 1,667 priced permits, September 2023 through September 2026. Half were filed for less, half for more. The file does not separate whole-house teardowns from garages, sheds or partial demolition, so read it as the middle of all demolition jobs, not a house-only price. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.
Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 1,136 priced permits across 154 firms, pooled into one. Half of Nashville demolition permits were filed between $7,500 and $14,000.
| Percentile | Filed value | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 10th | $5,000 | 1 in 10 permits filed below |
| 25th | $7,500 | 1 in 4 filed below |
| 50th | $9,700 | the middle permit |
| 75th | $14,000 | 1 in 4 filed above |
| 90th | $25,000 | 1 in 10 filed above |
Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Davidson County assessor values.
| Firms working on | Usual home value | Usual filed value | Firms | Permits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower third | under $430,000 | $10,000 | 35 | 325 |
| Middle third | $430,000–$742,000 | $10,000 | 35 | 283 |
| Upper third | $762,000 and up | $8,500 | 35 | 320 |
Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.
| Firm | Permits | Last 12 mo | Usual | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson & Sons Land Management LLC | 41 | 41 | $5,000 | $3,500–$5,000 |
| JCL Construction LLC | 37 | 17 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| Drees Premier Homes Inc | 21 | 14 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| Robinson Demolition LLC | 44 | 12 | $8,000 | $8,000 |
| Cobalt Ventures LLC | 25 | 11 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Patriot Demolition Services LLC | 34 | 10 | $15,000 | $14,000–$18,000 |
| Tinys Construction LLC | 24 | 10 | $26,087 | $12,781–$33,412 |
| Brass Tacks Construction | 11 | 8 | $7,000 | $6,000–$7,250 |
| Moderndaywrecking | 7 | 7 | $8,500 | $6,900–$9,500 |
| Modern Day Wrecking | 46 | 6 | $10,000 | $10,000–$14,000 |
Line your quote up against the file. In Nashville, 1 in 10 demolition filed values sit under $5,000, the middle half between $7,500 and $14,000, and 1 in 10 over $25,000.
Nashville files the fewest demolition permits in November (75 against an average month of 100) and the most in July (124). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Nashville →
Source: public Davidson County (Metro Nashville) permit records. The window is September 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.
Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.
The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.
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