Forest Hills Homes

Forest Hills occupies the wooded ridgelines south of Green Hills and west of Brentwood, separated from the rest of Davidson County by Old Hickory Boulevard and a topography that has protected it from the kind of dense development reshaping much of Nashville. The neighborhood is its own incorporated city, with deed restrictions and zoning rules that have preserved the estate-scale lots, mature canopy, and architectural variety that define it. Chickering Road, Tyne Boulevard, and Hillsboro Pike’s southern stretch form the spine of the neighborhood, with secondary streets climbing into Otter Creek Hills, Hounds Run, Chickering Hills, and the Tyne Valley estates. Forest Hills attracts buyers who want substantial acreage inside Davidson County limits and the privacy that comes with topography newer subdivisions cannot replicate. It is one of the rare Davidson submarkets where a buyer can find both a 1920s historic home and a 2025 new construction estate within a half-mile of each other, on lots that have not been subdivided in generations.

Forest Hills Market at a Glance

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What Sets Forest Hills Apart

Forest Hills is the trophy estate concentration of Davidson County. Three structural factors define the submarket.

Topography. Forest Hills sits on the ridgelines and valleys carved by Otter Creek and the smaller tributaries that feed Radnor Lake. The lot geometry that results from this topography produces multi-acre parcels with privacy buffers, mature canopy, and view premiums that flatter Davidson submarkets cannot match. Several Forest Hills streets back directly to protected greenway or city-of-Forest-Hills-owned land.

Trophy market concentration. The single largest residential closing in Davidson County over the past 36 months was $32M at 1304 Chickering Road. The second largest was $12.5M at 1410 Chickering Road. Five additional closings above $7M occurred in the Chickering and Otter Creek corridors. Active inventory currently includes the $28.5M listing at 5840 Hillsboro Pike. The volume of $5M-plus inventory in Forest Hills exceeds Belle Meade in recent quarters, despite Forest Hills’ smaller overall transaction count.

Self-governance. The city of Forest Hills, like Belle Meade, governs its own deed restrictions and zoning independently from Davidson County. Setback requirements, exterior modification rules, and tree preservation obligations are enforced locally. These local governance structures contribute directly to the architectural and lot-scale consistency the neighborhood maintains.

Forest Hills Sub-Areas

The Forest Hills submarket includes several recognized sub-areas, each with its own character.

Forest Hills (the central subdivision) – 95 closed sales in 36 months. The streets directly within the city of Forest Hills, anchored by Chickering Road, Otter Creek Road, and the inner Hillsboro Pike corridor. Pricing concentrated in the $2M-$8M band, with the trophy estate closings ($12.5M, $32M) coming from this sub-area.

Hillsboro Park – 37 closed sales. Sits along Hillsboro Pike with a mix of mid-century to recent renovation stock.

Seven Hills – 30 closed sales (within Forest Hills export; additional Green Hills crossover). Multi-acre lots on the elevated streets including Shys Hill Road and Burton Valley Road. Recent active listings reach $5.50M.

Tyne Valley Estates – 21 closed sales. Established mid-century stock with newer renovation activity. Recent top closing $5.70M at 5313 Cherry Blossom Trail (2022).

Tyne Meade – 18 closed sales. Crosses the Green Hills / Forest Hills boundary. Notable for recent new construction at the $5M-$6M tier.

Otter Wood – 19 closed sales. Quiet residential streets, established families.

Hounds Run, Harpeth Acres, Otter Creek Hills, Chickering Park, Chickering Valley, Chickering Estates, Chickering Hills, Chickering Woods – Smaller pockets feeding into the central Chickering corridor. Combined 70+ closed sales in 36 months. The Chickering name itself signals high-end inventory.

Forest Hills Pricing Tiers

Mid-Luxury: $1.5M to $3M

The entry to Forest Hills’ market. Includes the smaller Hillsboro Park properties, the older Tyne Valley Estates inventory before significant renovation, and the smaller lots in Hounds Run and Otter Wood. Inventory in this band turns inventory faster than upper tiers.

Upper Mid-Luxury: $3M to $6M

The deepest band of Forest Hills inventory. Renovated mid-century homes on substantial lots, larger Tyne Meade and Seven Hills properties, recent new construction below the trophy tier. Most Forest Hills addresses fall into this band.

Trophy Tier: $6M to $15M

Estate-scale properties on multi-acre lots, primarily in Forest Hills proper and the better Chickering corridor addresses. Recent closings include $8.15M at 4335 Chickering Lane (Solomon), $7.55M at 1134 Balbade Drive, $7.5M at 3815 Harding Place (Vandan Development), $7.35M at 1335 Otter Creek Road, and $7.0M at 2026 Priest Road.

Mega-Trophy: $15M and Above

The very top of Davidson County’s market. Recent closings include $32M at 1304 Chickering Road (the largest Davidson residential closing in the past 36 months) and $12.5M at 1410 Chickering Road. Active inventory includes $28.5M at 5840 Hillsboro Pike. Inventory at this tier transacts off-market more often than not. Portal-only buyers miss most of the available properties above $10M.

Living in Forest Hills

Forest Hills’ daily rhythm is residential. The city has no commercial district within its boundaries beyond a small Hillsboro Pike retail strip near the Green Hills boundary. Residents drive six to ten minutes to Hill Center Green Hills, eight to twelve minutes to Hill Center Belle Meade, and twelve to fifteen minutes to downtown Nashville. The Brentwood retail corridor at Maryland Farms is fifteen to twenty minutes south.

Radnor Lake State Natural Area sits at the southern boundary of Forest Hills, providing 1,300+ acres of preserved hardwood forest and walking trails. Percy Warner Park is fifteen minutes northwest. The natural land buffer that surrounds Forest Hills on multiple sides is one of the neighborhood’s most consistently mentioned features.

Forest Hills is served by Metro Nashville Public Schools with assigned attendance zones by street address. The same private school options that serve Belle Meade and Green Hills also draw from Forest Hills (Harpeth Hall, Montgomery Bell Academy, Ensworth, Lipscomb Academy, Christ Presbyterian Academy). Specific public school assignments depend on the exact street address and Grant verifies zoning during showings.

The Forest Hills Police Department serves the city directly, and Forest Hills’ independent municipal services contribute to the neighborhood’s distinct identity within Davidson County.

Forest Hills Homes FAQs

How much do homes cost in Forest Hills?

Forest Hills sits at the top tier of Davidson County luxury alongside Belle Meade. Active inventory ranges from $1.8 million for established homes on smaller lots to over $15 million for large estates along Tyne Boulevard and Otter Creek Road. The median sale price runs around $2.6 million across the last 36 months, though the upper end skews the average significantly higher.

Is Forest Hills a city or a Nashville neighborhood?

Forest Hills is an incorporated city within Davidson County, not a Nashville neighborhood. It has its own city government, mayor, and city commission, despite being surrounded by Nashville. The city covers about nine square miles and includes roughly 4,800 residents. Mailing addresses may read either “Nashville, TN” or “Forest Hills, TN” depending on USPS routing.

What is the difference between Forest Hills and Green Hills?

Green Hills is an unincorporated Nashville neighborhood centered on the Hill Center retail district, with denser housing stock and walkable amenities. Forest Hills is an incorporated city sitting south of Green Hills, with larger lots, more estate-scale homes, and its own city governance. Forest Hills typically trades 25 to 40 percent higher per square foot at the estate tier.

What is the average lot size in Forest Hills?

Forest Hills lots typically run between one and three acres, with the largest estate parcels along Tyne Boulevard, Otter Creek Road, and Granny White Pike extending to four or five acres. Many lots are heavily wooded with mature hardwoods, creek frontage, or topographic variation. Subdivision has been actively discouraged by city zoning, which preserves the estate-scale character.

Are there new construction homes in Forest Hills?

New construction in Forest Hills is rare and almost always tear-down and rebuild on existing lots, since the city has been fully built out for decades. Custom-build timelines run 18 to 30 months given the city’s stricter permitting process compared to Davidson County, and total project costs frequently exceed $8 million for full estate builds on the largest lots.

How long do Forest Hills homes take to sell?

Median days on market for Forest Hills homes runs around 50 to 90 days over the last 36 months, longer than Davidson County overall because the buyer pool at each price point is small. Estate properties above $8 million can take a year or more to find the right buyer. Pricing strategy and timing matter more than days-on-market velocity in this tier.

Are short-term rentals allowed in Forest Hills?

Short-term rentals are not permitted in the City of Forest Hills. The city ordinance prohibits non-owner-occupied short-term rentals, and owner-occupied STRs face restrictions that make them impractical for most buyers. Investors looking for Davidson County STR-eligible inventory should focus on neighborhoods like Germantown, East Nashville, or downtown high-rise condos instead.

What are the boundaries of Forest Hills?

Forest Hills is bounded roughly by Tyne Boulevard and the Green Hills southern edge to the north, Hillsboro Pike to the east, Old Hickory Boulevard to the south, and Granny White Pike to the west. The full city covers about nine square miles and includes the Radnor Lake State Park preserve along its eastern edge.

How does Forest Hills compare to Belle Meade?

Forest Hills and Belle Meade are the two estate-tier incorporated cities within Davidson County. Belle Meade is smaller and denser with the Belle Meade Country Club anchor and shorter drive to downtown. Forest Hills offers larger lots, more topographic variation, and proximity to Radnor Lake, with a more dispersed feel and longer drive to downtown. Both trade at similar median price points.

What’s the difference between Forest Hills and the 37215 zip code?

The 37215 zip code includes Forest Hills, Green Hills, and parts of West Meade. Forest Hills is a specific incorporated city of roughly 4,800 residents within that zip code. When buyers search “37215 homes for sale,” they see listings from across all three areas, which trade at different price tiers and operate under different city governance structures.

Working with Grant Hammond in Forest Hills

Forest Hills is the deepest off-market submarket in Davidson County. The largest closings of the past 36 months were transacted with limited or no public exposure. Comparable analysis matters because the wide range of property characteristics (lot orientation, acreage, year of last renovation, ridgeline versus valley position) produces meaningful per-property variance that portal-only comps cannot capture.

Grant Hammond has been a Nashville real estate broker for 25 years with more than $1 billion in career sales. His luxury residential practice, approximately $200 million across 100 transactions, concentrates in the Davidson County western luxury corridor (Belle Meade, Green Hills, Forest Hills) plus Brentwood. Direct relationships with long-tenured Forest Hills owners, builders active in current Chickering and Tyne Boulevard rebuilds, and the inspection, title, and lending professionals experienced with $5M-$30M Davidson closings are part of what Grant brings to representation.

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