La Gaude · report
Renovation in La Gaude
In 2025, 0% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 0%
Homes authorised in La Gaude: 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 | 93 | — | 93 |
| 2024 | 108 | 3 | 111 |
| 2023 | 79 | — | 79 |
| 2022 | 26 | 155 | 181 |
| 2021 | 27 | — | 27 |
| 2020 | 16 | — | 16 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
| 2018 | 62 | 1 | 63 |
| 2017 | 38 | 2 | 40 |
| 2016 | 83 | 2 | 85 |
| 2015 | 74 | 3 | 77 |
| 2014 | 22 | — | 22 |
| 2013 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
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 €461,340. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,796 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 66%
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
- €1,730
- Owning per month
- €1,539
Figures for Alpes-Maritimes: La Gaude has no reliable figures of its own.
31.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,444
In 2022 the population grew by 71 while 33 homes were started: 2.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.2
- Population change, 2022
- +71
3.7% of the 3,241 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.7%
- Empty homes
- 120