Bouaye · report
Renovation in Bouaye
In 2025, 13% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 13%
Homes authorised in Bouaye: 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 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| 2024 | 132 | 5 | 137 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6 | 25 |
| 2022 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2021 | 103 | 2 | 105 |
| 2020 | 68 | 3 | 71 |
| 2019 | 37 | 2 | 39 |
| 2018 | 143 | 2 | 145 |
| 2017 | 50 | — | 50 |
| 2016 | 102 | 1 | 103 |
| 2015 | 75 | 1 | 76 |
| 2014 | 73 | — | 73 |
| 2013 | 153 | 3 | 156 |
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 €274,140. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,067 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 45%
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
- €1,193
- Owning per month
- €1,076
Figures for Loire-Atlantique: Bouaye has no reliable figures of its own.
13.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,457
In 2022 the population grew by 62 while 98 homes were started: 0.6 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.6
- Population change, 2022
- +62
3.2% of the 3,699 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.2%
- Empty homes
- 120
Public bodies signed €4.8K of housing works here in 2024, and €4.8K since 2024.
- Signed in 2024
- €4.8K
- Per resident, 2024
- €1