Les Herbiers · report
Renovation in Les Herbiers
In 2025, 14% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 14%
Homes authorised in Les Herbiers: 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 | 171 | 28 | 199 |
| 2024 | 157 | 32 | 189 |
| 2023 | 152 | 15 | 167 |
| 2022 | 252 | 12 | 264 |
| 2021 | 180 | 23 | 203 |
| 2020 | 100 | 15 | 115 |
| 2019 | 70 | 35 | 105 |
| 2018 | 131 | 18 | 149 |
| 2017 | 142 | 15 | 157 |
| 2016 | 117 | 13 | 130 |
| 2015 | 45 | 29 | 74 |
| 2014 | 27 | 2 | 29 |
| 2013 | 53 | 4 | 57 |
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 €209,970. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €817 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €1,044
- Owning per month
- €911
Figures for Vendée: Les Herbiers has no reliable figures of its own.
16.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,026
In 2022 the population fell by 68 while 227 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 227
- Population change, 2022
- −68
3.6% of the 7,879 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.6%
- Empty homes
- 287