Menton · report
Renovation in Menton
In 2025, 15% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 15%
Homes authorised in Menton: 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 | 44 | 8 | 52 |
| 2024 | 202 | 8 | 210 |
| 2023 | 128 | 11 | 139 |
| 2022 | 131 | 49 | 180 |
| 2021 | 4 | 47 | 51 |
| 2020 | 54 | 24 | 78 |
| 2019 | 106 | 47 | 153 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2017 | 494 | 5 | 499 |
| 2016 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 2015 | 185 | 1 | 186 |
| 2014 | 170 | 43 | 213 |
| 2013 | 47 | 2 | 49 |
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 €461,880. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,798 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 42%
- Payment, one income
- 84%
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
- €1,895
- Owning per month
- €1,682
Figures for Alpes-Maritimes: Menton 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 278 while 40 homes were started: 7.0 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 7.0
- Population change, 2022
- +278
7.4% of the 29,757 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.4%
- Empty homes
- 2,214