Pontcharra · report
Renovation in Pontcharra
In 2025, 9% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 9%
Homes authorised in Pontcharra: 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 | 71 | 7 | 78 |
| 2024 | 37 | 5 | 42 |
| 2023 | 108 | 5 | 113 |
| 2022 | 120 | 12 | 132 |
| 2021 | 106 | 9 | 115 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1 | 33 |
| 2019 | 39 | 6 | 45 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1 | 33 |
| 2017 | 42 | 24 | 66 |
| 2016 | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2014 | 76 | 7 | 83 |
| 2013 | 211 | 2 | 213 |
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 €271,080. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,055 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 24%
- Payment, one income
- 48%
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
- €1,233
- Owning per month
- €981
Figures for Isère: Pontcharra has no reliable figures of its own.
31.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,432
In 2022 the population fell by 23 while 39 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 39
- Population change, 2022
- −23
10.2% of the 3,710 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 10.2%
- Empty homes
- 377