Les Sables-d'Olonne · report
Renovation in Les Sables-d'Olonne
In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Homes authorised in Les Sables-d'Olonne: 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 | 318 | 24 | 342 |
| 2024 | 348 | 17 | 365 |
| 2023 | 411 | 14 | 425 |
| 2022 | 581 | 30 | 611 |
| 2021 | 773 | 5 | 778 |
| 2020 | 261 | 13 | 274 |
| 2019 | 379 | 8 | 387 |
| 2018 | 123 | 8 | 131 |
| 2017 | 96 | 7 | 103 |
| 2016 | 229 | 4 | 233 |
| 2015 | 84 | 6 | 90 |
| 2014 | 82 | 12 | 94 |
| 2013 | 75 | 3 | 78 |
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 €374,400. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,457 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 62%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,234
- Owning per month
- €1,519
Figures for Vendée: Les Sables-d'Olonne 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 grew by 863 while 499 homes were started: 1.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.7
- Population change, 2022
- +863
3.4% of the 43,357 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.4%
- Empty homes
- 1,455