Rochefort (17) · report
Renovation in Rochefort (17)
In 2025, 81% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 81%
Homes authorised in Rochefort (17): 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 | 50 | 218 | 268 |
| 2024 | 24 | 85 | 109 |
| 2023 | 9 | 215 | 224 |
| 2022 | 15 | 35 | 50 |
| 2021 | 67 | 27 | 94 |
| 2020 | 68 | 221 | 289 |
| 2019 | 8 | 37 | 45 |
| 2018 | 118 | 29 | 147 |
| 2017 | 26 | 19 | 45 |
| 2016 | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| 2015 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2014 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 2013 | 24 | 71 | 95 |
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 €210,960. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €821 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 21%
- Payment, one income
- 42%
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
- €1,121
- Owning per month
- €802
Figures for Charente-Maritime: Rochefort (17) has no reliable figures of its own.
19.5% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,797
In 2022 the population grew by 272 while 221 homes were started: 1.2 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 1.2
- Population change, 2022
- +272
8.8% of the 16,208 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 8.8%
- Empty homes
- 1,421