Biot · report
Renovation in Biot
In 2025, 1% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 1%
Homes authorised in Biot: 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 | 159 | 2 | 161 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1 | 28 |
| 2023 | 23 | 104 | 127 |
| 2022 | 4 | 38 | 42 |
| 2021 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2020 | 18 | — | 18 |
| 2019 | 191 | 4 | 195 |
| 2018 | 118 | 2 | 120 |
| 2017 | 208 | 4 | 212 |
| 2016 | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 2014 | 190 | 2 | 192 |
| 2013 | 36 | — | 36 |
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 €509,040. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,981 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 35%
- Payment, one income
- 70%
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
- €1,859
- Owning per month
- €1,634
Figures for Alpes-Maritimes: Biot has no reliable figures of its own.
31.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,444
In 2022 the population grew by 315 while 3 homes were started: 105.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 105.0
- Population change, 2022
- +315
6.3% of the 5,884 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 6.3%
- Empty homes
- 370