Ardennes · report
Renovation in Ardennes
In 2025, 13% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 13%
Homes authorised in Ardennes: 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 | 513 | 74 | 587 |
| 2024 | 273 | 140 | 413 |
| 2023 | 405 | 155 | 560 |
| 2022 | 519 | 197 | 716 |
| 2021 | 549 | 208 | 757 |
| 2020 | 449 | 98 | 547 |
| 2019 | 549 | 136 | 685 |
| 2018 | 430 | 40 | 470 |
| 2017 | 459 | 80 | 539 |
| 2016 | 598 | 56 | 654 |
| 2015 | 431 | 108 | 539 |
| 2014 | 491 | 86 | 577 |
| 2013 | 780 | 105 | 885 |
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 €113,580. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €442 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 11%
- Payment, one income
- 23%
30.6% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 805
- Per 1,000 residents
- 3.0
In 2022 the population fell by 1,311 while 401 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 401
- Population change, 2022
- −1,311
11.3% of the 144,759 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.3%
- Empty homes
- 16,311