Bihorel · report
Renovation in Bihorel
In 2025, 5% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 5%
Homes authorised in Bihorel: 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 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 2024 | 114 | — | 114 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 189 | — | 189 |
| 2021 | 170 | — | 170 |
| 2020 | 127 | 6 | 133 |
| 2019 | 144 | 5 | 149 |
| 2018 | 45 | 12 | 57 |
| 2017 | 138 | 2 | 140 |
| 2016 | 82 | 3 | 85 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 21 | 8 | 29 |
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 €169,290. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €659 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 14%
- Payment, one income
- 28%
Owning a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than renting it. Owning counts interest, running costs and the return the deposit could earn, at apartments' median sale price; rent is the asking rent. Repaying the loan is saving, so it is left out.
- Rent per month
- €1,183
- Owning per month
- €497
Figures for Seine-Maritime: Bihorel has no reliable figures of its own.
25.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,738
In 2022 the population grew by 17 while 160 homes were started: 0.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.1
- Population change, 2022
- +17
7.5% of the 4,447 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.5%
- Empty homes
- 333