Fontenay-le-Comte · report
Renovation in Fontenay-le-Comte
In 2025, 7% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 7%
Homes authorised in Fontenay-le-Comte: 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 | 280 | 20 | 300 |
| 2024 | 55 | 34 | 89 |
| 2023 | 88 | 26 | 114 |
| 2022 | 119 | 62 | 181 |
| 2021 | 64 | 15 | 79 |
| 2020 | 35 | 23 | 58 |
| 2019 | 32 | 65 | 97 |
| 2018 | 28 | 9 | 37 |
| 2017 | 64 | 15 | 79 |
| 2016 | 28 | 2 | 30 |
| 2015 | 19 | 10 | 29 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 2013 | 25 | 15 | 40 |
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 €131,220. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €511 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 13%
- Payment, one income
- 25%
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
- €989
- Owning per month
- €427
Figures for Vendée: Fontenay-le-Comte has no reliable figures of its own.
16.8% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,026
In 2022 the population grew by 253 while 47 homes were started: 5.4 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 5.4
- Population change, 2022
- +253
11.8% of the 8,227 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 11.8%
- Empty homes
- 973