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Renovation in Pornichet
In 2025, 8% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 8%
Homes authorised in Pornichet: 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 | 88 | 8 | 96 |
| 2024 | 75 | 18 | 93 |
| 2023 | 355 | 22 | 377 |
| 2022 | 90 | 7 | 97 |
| 2021 | 191 | 8 | 199 |
| 2020 | 97 | 18 | 115 |
| 2019 | 159 | 11 | 170 |
| 2018 | 206 | 16 | 222 |
| 2017 | 227 | 7 | 234 |
| 2016 | 187 | — | 187 |
| 2015 | 247 | 4 | 251 |
| 2014 | 110 | 3 | 113 |
| 2013 | 68 | — | 68 |
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 €495,000. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,927 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 37%
- Payment, one income
- 74%
Renting a 90 m² apartment costs less each month than owning 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
- €1,406
- Owning per month
- €1,872
Figures for Loire-Atlantique: Pornichet 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 270 while 99 homes were started: 2.7 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.7
- Population change, 2022
- +270
3.2% of the 13,428 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 3.2%
- Empty homes
- 433