Chaleins · report
Renovation in Chaleins
In 2023, 44% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2023
- 44%
Homes authorised in Chaleins: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2021 | 102 | — | 102 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| 2019 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 20 | — | 20 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 38 | 4 | 42 |
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 €217,710. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €847 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 37%
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
- €1,112
- Owning per month
- €790
Figures for Ain: Chaleins has no reliable figures of its own.
23.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,238
In 2022 the population grew by 69 while 23 homes were started: 3.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 3.0
- Population change, 2022
- +69
4.5% of the 651 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.5%
- Empty homes
- 29
Public bodies signed €421.4K of housing works here in 2025, and €525.6K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €421.4K
- Per resident, 2025
- €280