Châtel · report
Renovation in Châtel
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in Châtel: 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 | 31 | 2 | 33 |
| 2024 | 82 | — | 82 |
| 2023 | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| 2022 | 110 | 5 | 115 |
| 2021 | 118 | 18 | 136 |
| 2020 | 52 | 1 | 53 |
| 2019 | 53 | 6 | 59 |
| 2018 | 119 | 3 | 122 |
| 2017 | 86 | 15 | 101 |
| 2016 | 153 | 30 | 183 |
| 2015 | 134 | 12 | 146 |
| 2014 | 93 | — | 93 |
| 2013 | 127 | 11 | 138 |
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 €508,950. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,981 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 37%
- Payment, one income
- 74%
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
- €1,422
- Owning per month
- €1,848
Figures for Haute-Savoie: Châtel has no reliable figures of its own.
19.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,917
In 2022 the population grew by 6 while 102 homes were started: 0.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.1
- Population change, 2022
- +6
1.1% of the 5,461 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 1.1%
- Empty homes
- 59