What the work costs per square metre, taken from French sources with the date each one carries, plus the three things that are different when the owner lives in Britain and the house does not. This page is about an ordinary house, not a château.
These are the ranges French sources publish, in the currency and the units they publish them in. Nothing here is converted, averaged across sources, or rounded into a single number: where two sources disagree, you see both.
| Job | Per m2 | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Bathroom | €900 to €2,000 | Travaux.com (2026-03-24, €900 to €2,000, VAT included); La Maison Saint-Gobain (2026-02-13, €1,000 to €3,000, VAT included) |
| Kitchen | €600 to €1,500 | Travaux.com (2026-04-15, €600 to €1,500, VAT included); hemea (2026-03-24, €150 to €2,500, VAT included) |
| Extension | €1,200 to €3,500 | hemea (2026-07-22, €1,200 to €3,500, VAT included) |
| Whole house | €900 to €1,200 | hemea (2026-07-15, €900 to €1,200, VAT included); La Maison Saint-Gobain (2026-06-18, €1,000 to €2,000, VAT included) |
Every range on this page is reproduced as its source publishes it, and no VAT is ever added by us. Only sources that state their own VAT position are used here, and all of the ones kept publish their figures including French VAT. Which VAT rate applies to a particular job depends on the dwelling and on the nature of the work; this page does not work that out, and the page on TVA sets out what the law says.
Same ranges as the table, applied to the size of your room. The sources and their dates stay with the figure, and nothing here is converted into pounds: this is a French job at French prices.
What the sources say this costs: Bathroom, 5 m²
€4,500 to €10,000
This is a guide range to prepare the conversation with a builder, not a quote. Only someone who has seen the property can give you that.
Where each figure comes from
€4,500 to €10,000
Travaux.comdated 24 March 2026, the source states VAT is included
Rénovation complète, pose incluse. Le guide écrit sous son tableau : tarifs indicatifs TTC. Un simple rafraîchissement descend chez la même source à 400 à 950 € par m².
€5,000 to €15,000
La Maison Saint-Gobaindated 13 February 2026, the source states VAT is included
Rénovation complète, main-d'œuvre incluse. La source écrit : prix TTC fourni et posé, sur une moyenne nationale, avec 2 000 € par m² comme moyenne.
Every range on this page is reproduced as its source publishes it, and no VAT is ever added by us. Only sources that state their own VAT position are used here, and all of the ones kept publish their figures including French VAT. Which VAT rate applies to a particular job depends on the dwelling and on the nature of the work; this page does not work that out, and the page on TVA sets out what the law says.
Wondering what VAT does to this figure? What the law says about TVA.
Comparing this with a figure from an earlier year? The French construction cost index has the year table and brings an old amount up to today.
Each range comes with a note from the source about what it does and does not cover. Those notes are French, and they stay French here: a translated quote is no longer a quote, and you will be reading French quotes anyway once the work starts.
Rénovation complète, pose incluse. Le guide écrit sous son tableau : tarifs indicatifs TTC. Un simple rafraîchissement descend chez la même source à 400 à 950 € par m².Rénovation complète, main-d'œuvre incluse. La source écrit : prix TTC fourni et posé, sur une moyenne nationale, avec 2 000 € par m² comme moyenne.Rénovation complète, tout compris. Le guide écrit sous son tableau : prix TTC, fournitures et main-d'œuvre comprises, hors dépose de l'ancienne cuisine.Fourchette bien plus large, parce qu'elle va de la remise en peinture des meubles existants au remplacement complet par une cuisine haut de gamme équipée. La source écrit plus de 2 500 € TTC par m² pour le haut de gamme : le haut de cette fourchette peut donc être dépassé.Extension neuve, tous matériaux confondus : bois 1 200 à 2 800 €, parpaing 1 500 à 3 000 €, acier 1 800 à 3 500 € TTC par m². C'est le seul projet ici où une seule source dit elle-même ce qu'elle fait de la TVA.Rénovation complète : cuisine et salle de bain refaites, fenêtres remplacées, électricité et plomberie revues. La même source monte à 1 200 à 2 000 € TTC par m² pour une rénovation lourde et descend à 200 à 500 € pour un simple rafraîchissement.Rénovation complète. La source écrit : prix TTC fourni et posé, sur une moyenne nationale, avec 1 500 € par m² comme moyenne.Bringing your own materials over is its own question, and since Brexit it has a customs answer: taking building materials to France.
No, and that is worth saying out loud because the search results for renovating in France are full of them. These are ranges for an ordinary house: a bathroom, a kitchen, an extension, or a whole house done up. A listed building or a château sits outside every range on this page.
Each source says so itself, and the ones used here publish their figures including French VAT. Which rate applies to your own job depends on the dwelling and on the work, and that is a separate question with its own page.
Because that is how the French sources publish them. Turning a per square metre range into a total for your house is arithmetic you can do; inventing a total we were never given is not something we do.