Gujan-Mestras · report
Renovation in Gujan-Mestras
In 2025, 5% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 5%
Homes authorised in Gujan-Mestras: 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 | 248 | 13 | 261 |
| 2024 | 283 | 58 | 341 |
| 2023 | 209 | 28 | 237 |
| 2022 | 297 | 14 | 311 |
| 2021 | 121 | 32 | 153 |
| 2020 | 258 | 14 | 272 |
| 2019 | 204 | 25 | 229 |
| 2018 | 315 | 77 | 392 |
| 2017 | 419 | 13 | 432 |
| 2016 | 344 | 11 | 355 |
| 2015 | 200 | 10 | 210 |
| 2014 | 217 | 10 | 227 |
| 2013 | 132 | 32 | 164 |
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 €387,990. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,510 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 31%
- Payment, one income
- 62%
Owning and renting a 90 m² apartment cost about the same each month. 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
- €1,361
- Owning per month
- €1,348
Figures for Gironde: Gujan-Mestras has no reliable figures of its own.
27.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 11,095
In 2022 the population fell by 490 while 202 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 202
- Population change, 2022
- −490
5.2% of the 14,127 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.2%
- Empty homes
- 737