Douarnenez · report
Renovation in Douarnenez
In 2025, 35% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 35%
Homes authorised in Douarnenez: 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 | 13 | 7 | 20 |
| 2024 | 40 | 5 | 45 |
| 2023 | 132 | 16 | 148 |
| 2022 | 134 | 20 | 154 |
| 2021 | 115 | 25 | 140 |
| 2020 | 42 | 6 | 48 |
| 2019 | 46 | 25 | 71 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2017 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 2016 | 26 | 2 | 28 |
| 2015 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2014 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 2013 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
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 €206,910. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €805 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 20%
- Payment, one income
- 39%
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
- €1,041
- Owning per month
- €822
Figures for Finistère: Douarnenez has no reliable figures of its own.
8.9% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 6,778
In 2022 the population fell by 120 while 51 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 51
- Population change, 2022
- −120
9.2% of the 10,429 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 9.2%
- Empty homes
- 955