Estimate renovation costs in Chavannes-près-Renens

Local housing stock

In Chavannes-près-Renens, the federal building register lists 293 residential buildings and 5'424 dwellings. These municipal benchmarks help put your home in context, but do not replace an individual assessment.

63 %built before 1980

81 %heated by oil or gas

4 %electric hot water

10.2 %with declared solar thermal

Age of residential buildings

63 % built before 1980

Before 191915 %
1919–194517 %
1946–19608 %
1961–197010 %
1971–198013 %
1981–19908 %
1991–20004 %
2001–201011 %
Since 201115 %

Construction year does not reveal past renovations: check the current insulation condition.

Main heating energy

52 % · Gas

Gas52 %
Heating oil29 %
Heat pump11 %
District heating5 %
Wood2 %

This distribution describes recorded buildings, not your system's consumption or efficiency.

Heating and hot water: which energies?

Energy	Heating	Hot water
Gas	52 %	50.5 %
Heating oil	29 %	30 %
District heating	5 %	5.1 %
Heat pump	11 %	3.3 %
Electricity	0 %	4 %
Wood	2 %	0.7 %
Solar thermal	0 %	6.2 %

Each line gives the share of buildings using that energy, separately for heating and for hot water. The two columns do not always reach 100%: some buildings combine two systems, or reported none.

Type of heating system

Boiler (unspecified)55.5 %
Condensing boiler16.9 %
Heat pump11 %
Standard boiler10 %
Heat exchanger (district)5.5 %
Stove0.7 %

A standard non-condensing boiler is usually older and less efficient.

Houses or apartment buildings?

Single-family houses21.2 %
Two-dwelling houses5.1 %
Apartment buildings (3+)73.7 %

27.3 % of buildings mix housing with shops or offices.

The typical building

storeys (median): 5
median footprint: 328 m²
median dwelling area: 68 m²

Dwellings by number of rooms

17.1 %1 rm

23.4 %2 rm

33.8 %3 rm

19.2 %4 rm

6.5 %5+ rm

Dwellings per building

1 dwelling21.2 %
2 to 415 %
5 to 96.8 %
10 to 1931.7 %
20 or more25.3 %

Renovations, heritage and volumes

When planning renovations in Chavannes-près-Renens, these RegBL figures are vital. Regarding heritage, 105 of 132 identified buildings are protected, meaning you must contact the municipality early for permits; however, data coverage is partial with 161 buildings unknown. For building volume, the median is 747 m3 according to SIA 416, a key metric for scaling heating and insulation projects. This figure is based on 13 of 62 houses, indicating limited data coverage. No renovation year data is available in the registry for this municipality, so evaluate the structural age through other professional assessments.

105

buildings flagged as protected

status known for 132 of 293 buildings; check with the municipality

747 m³

median house volume (SIA 416)

measured for 13 of 62 houses

Source : OFS — RegBL (export communal complet). Existing residential buildings; percentages of recorded values.

Renovating in Chavannes-près-Renens: what to know

Planning works in Chavannes-près-Renens, canton of Vaud? Before requesting quotes, local context helps: climate drives the value of insulation and heating, cantonal rules govern boiler replacement, and tax deductions can noticeably reduce the bill.

Rules of the canton of Vaud

These rules apply across the whole canton, not only in Chavannes-près-Renens.

Renovation works in Chavannes-près-Renens