Ardèche · report
Renovation in Ardèche
In 2025, 25% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 25%
Homes authorised in Ardèche: new buildings and existing ones
Dwellings authorised each year, by the year the permit was granted: in new buildings, and by works on existing buildings (conversions, extensions, changes of use). SDES Sitadel.
- Existing buildings
- New buildings
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| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,135 | 370 | 1,505 |
| 2024 | 1,313 | 235 | 1,548 |
| 2023 | 1,668 | 335 | 2,003 |
| 2022 | 2,130 | 335 | 2,465 |
| 2021 | 2,304 | 301 | 2,605 |
| 2020 | 1,841 | 163 | 2,004 |
| 2019 | 1,631 | 306 | 1,937 |
| 2018 | 1,610 | 207 | 1,817 |
| 2017 | 1,953 | 475 | 2,428 |
| 2016 | 1,536 | 188 | 1,724 |
| 2015 | 1,471 | 187 | 1,658 |
| 2014 | 1,368 | 260 | 1,628 |
| 2013 | 1,880 | 220 | 2,100 |
Only permits that create dwellings are listed, so renovation that adds no home (refurbishing, insulating, re-roofing) is not counted. A permit is permission to build, not a finished home. The current year is left out until it is complete.
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At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €181,620. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €707 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 17%
- Payment, one income
- 34%
23.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,632
- Per 1,000 residents
- 4.9
In 2022 the population grew by 1,002 while 1,733 homes were started: 0.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.6
- Population change, 2022
- +1,002
9.2% of the 213,609 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.2%
- Empty homes
- 19,633