Thônes · report
Renovation in Thônes
In 2025, 6% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 6%
Homes authorised in Thônes: 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 | 64 | 4 | 68 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2023 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 2022 | 57 | 10 | 67 |
| 2021 | 157 | 96 | 253 |
| 2020 | 115 | 2 | 117 |
| 2019 | 26 | 2 | 28 |
| 2018 | 53 | 5 | 58 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3 | 47 |
| 2016 | 29 | 13 | 42 |
| 2015 | 30 | — | 30 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 |
| 2013 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
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 €411,840. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,603 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 33%
- Payment, one income
- 66%
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
- €1,539
- Owning per month
- €1,457
Figures for Haute-Savoie: Thônes has no reliable figures of its own.
19.9% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 8,917
In 2022 the population grew by 0 while 58 homes were started: 0.0 new residents for every new home.
- Homes started, 2022
- 58
- Population change, 2022
- +0
7.5% of the 3,951 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 7.5%
- Empty homes
- 295