Le Pouzin · report
Renovation in Le Pouzin
In 2024, 75% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2024
- 75%
Homes authorised in Le Pouzin: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | — | 3 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1 | 30 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 32 | 48 | 80 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
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 €199,350. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €776 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
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
- €926
- Owning per month
- €927
Figures for Ardèche: Le Pouzin has no reliable figures of its own.
23.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 1,632
In 2022 the population fell by 7 while 5 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 5
- Population change, 2022
- −7
8.7% of the 1,490 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.7%
- Empty homes
- 130