Colombelles · report
Renovation in Colombelles
In 2024, 2% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2024
- 2%
Homes authorised in Colombelles: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 138 | 3 | 141 |
| 2023 | 67 | — | 67 |
| 2022 | 116 | — | 116 |
| 2021 | 231 | — | 231 |
| 2020 | 55 | — | 55 |
| 2019 | 88 | 2 | 90 |
| 2018 | 213 | — | 213 |
| 2017 | 145 | — | 145 |
| 2016 | 48 | — | 48 |
| 2015 | 34 | — | 34 |
| 2014 | 95 | — | 95 |
| 2013 | 96 | — | 96 |
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 €234,810. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €914 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 25%
- Payment, one income
- 50%
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
- €1,146
- Owning per month
- €915
Figures for Calvados: Colombelles has no reliable figures of its own.
8.4% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,026
In 2022 the population grew by 228 while 232 homes were started: 1.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.0
- Population change, 2022
- +228
4.2% of the 3,515 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.2%
- Empty homes
- 146