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Renovation in Valbonne
In 2025, 46% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 46%
Homes authorised in Valbonne: 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 | 159 | 133 | 292 |
| 2024 | 5 | 23 | 28 |
| 2023 | 11 | — | 11 |
| 2022 | 365 | — | 365 |
| 2021 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3 | 41 |
| 2019 | 45 | — | 45 |
| 2018 | 25 | 21 | 46 |
| 2017 | 32 | 6 | 38 |
| 2016 | 24 | 29 | 53 |
| 2015 | 63 | 1 | 64 |
| 2014 | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| 2013 | 34 | — | 34 |
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 €506,250. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,970 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 36%
- Payment, one income
- 73%
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
- €1,862
- Owning per month
- €1,532
Figures for Alpes-Maritimes: Valbonne has no reliable figures of its own.
31.8% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 4,444
In 2022 the population fell by 450 while 14 homes were started.
- Homes started, 2022
- 14
- Population change, 2022
- −450
5.7% of the 6,888 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 5.7%
- Empty homes
- 393
Public bodies signed €34.9K of housing works here in 2025, and €71.7K since 2024.
- Signed in 2025
- €34.9K
- Per resident, 2025
- €3