NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Nashville homeowner is facing a more than year-long wait to appeal his property assessment after the city valued his unchanged home at nearly 80% more than it was worth just four years ago.

Gary Hoffman said his home in the Nations neighborhood was valued at about $430,000 in 2021. This year, the Davidson County assessor's office appraised it at $773,400, an increase of almost 80% in four years.

"Metro did not change the value one penny, it stayed at $773,400," Hoffman said.

The home, which Hoffman's father built, hasn't been renovated or changed since 1989. But the neighborhood around it has transformed, with new construction replacing older homes.

What confuses Hoffman most is that the majority of his home's new value is listed under "improvements" on his

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