Valmeinier · report
Renovation in Valmeinier
In 2025, 67% of the homes authorised were in existing buildings: conversions, extensions and changes of use.
- Homes in existing buildings, 2025
- 67%
Homes authorised in Valmeinier: 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 46 | 1 | 47 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| 2019 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 2018 | 20 | — | 20 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2013 | 3 | — | 3 |
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 €357,480. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is €1,391 a month. The HCSF caps it at 35% of a household's income.
- Payment, two incomes
- 30%
- Payment, one income
- 59%
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
- €1,061
- Owning per month
- €1,296
Figures for Savoie: Valmeinier has no reliable figures of its own.
0.7% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.
- Licensed, 12 months
- 5,181
In 2022 the population grew by 15 while 6 homes were started: 2.5 new residents for every new home.
- New residents per new home, 2022
- 2.5
- Population change, 2022
- +15
0.0% of the 2,297 homes counted in the 2023 census stood empty, whether for sale, to let or for other reasons.
- Empty, 2023 census
- 0.0%
- Empty homes
- 1