Le Rheu · report
Renovation in Le Rheu
In 2025, 95% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 95%
Homes authorised in Le Rheu: 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
Show the numbers
| Year | New buildings | Existing buildings | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 40 | 42 |
| 2024 | 157 | 2 | 159 |
| 2023 | 150 | — | 150 |
| 2022 | 186 | — | 186 |
| 2021 | 194 | — | 194 |
| 2020 | 33 | — | 33 |
| 2019 | 165 | 8 | 173 |
| 2018 | 147 | — | 147 |
| 2017 | 140 | 1 | 141 |
| 2016 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 2015 | 47 | — | 47 |
| 2014 | 50 | 1 | 51 |
| 2013 | 201 | 1 | 202 |
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.
Other reports for Le Rheu
At the median sale price, a 90 m² home costs €260,010. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,012 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 22%
- Payment, one income
- 44%
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
- €1,168
- Owning per month
- €957
Figures for Ille-et-Vilaine: Le Rheu has no reliable figures of its own.
17.6% more homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 12,128
In 2022 the population grew by 16 while 189 homes were started: 0.1 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 0.1
- Population change, 2022
- +16
4.8% of the 4,625 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 4.8%
- Empty homes
- 220