Pontchâteau · report
Renovation in Pontchâteau
In 2025, 12% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 12%
Homes authorised in Pontchâteau: 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 | 106 | 14 | 120 |
| 2024 | 93 | 7 | 100 |
| 2023 | 70 | 35 | 105 |
| 2022 | 141 | 14 | 155 |
| 2021 | 124 | 10 | 134 |
| 2020 | 73 | 13 | 86 |
| 2019 | 176 | 5 | 181 |
| 2018 | 74 | 1 | 75 |
| 2017 | 117 | — | 117 |
| 2016 | 79 | — | 79 |
| 2015 | 64 | 6 | 70 |
| 2014 | 45 | — | 45 |
| 2013 | 55 | — | 55 |
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 €213,750. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €832 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 19%
- Payment, one income
- 38%
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
- €1,059
- Owning per month
- €800
Figures for Loire-Atlantique: Pontchâteau has no reliable figures of its own.
13.1% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 10,457
In 2022 the population grew by 225 while 135 homes were started: 1.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.7
- Population change, 2022
- +225
5.4% of the 5,277 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.4%
- Empty homes
- 284
Public bodies signed €701.7K of housing works here in 2025, and €701.7K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €701.7K
- Per resident, 2025
- €61