Bordeaux has eight districts, and La Bastide is the only one on the Right Bank. Overall, housing is mostly in apartment buildings (79.0% flats), and more than a third of main residences were completed before 1946, according to INSEE. The report on the city centre's conservation plan mentions dressed stone, échoppes (traditional single-storey stone houses), small apartment buildings and grand town houses (hôtels particuliers). In an old home, you first look at what lies behind the walls and under the floors: wiring from another era, a parquet floor that has worked loose.
For these projects, NS BAT 33 offers you a single contract and answers for the whole job. Demolition, plumbing, electrical work, plastering, tiling, joinery and painting follow on in order, through to handover. Conservation area (secteur sauvegardé) or the surroundings of a monument: if your address is affected, you know the procedure to plan for from the quote stage. The work we carry out in Bordeaux is covered by the 10-year builder's guarantee (garantie décennale). Our Google listing shows 4.5/5 from 15 reviews (as of 6 October 2026); clients mention a bathroom redone in their Bordeaux house and a flat renovation in central Bordeaux that went smoothly (“en centre de Bordeaux sans soucis”, in the reviewer's words).
Bordeaux in figures
Housing and neighbourhoods in Bordeaux
Period flats in co-ownership
According to INSEE, 44% of the flats lived in as main residences were completed before 1971, including 28% before 1946. In these apartment buildings in co-ownership (copropriété), electrics and plumbing are often redone together, and timber floors are levelled before the new flooring goes down. Any work on a shared riser goes through the managing agent (syndic).
Houses, often old
One Bordeaux home in five is a house, and 57% of the houses lived in as main residences date from before 1946, according to INSEE. The Bordeaux échoppe, a low stone house typical of the city, is one of them. On a stone wall, the right choice is a lime render, which lets moisture escape rather than trapping it.
La Bastide, on our side of the river
For your work in La Bastide (flat renovation, bathroom, kitchen, plumbing, electrics), you deal with a firm from the same bank of the river. Our registered office is in Cenon, the neighbouring town, and we follow your project from quote to handover, under a single contract.
Our work in Bordeaux
How a project runs
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You describe your project
By phone or with the online form, you tell us what you want to transform. We call you back to pin the project down: the rooms involved, your priorities, the timing you have in mind.
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An itemised quote
Demolition, plumbing, plastering, painting: each job has its own line and its own price. You see exactly what you are paying for and decide with all the facts, before you sign anything.
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Each trade in turn
Demolition opens the project, followed by plumbing and electrics, partition walls, floors, joinery and painting. We organise this sequence: each trade starts on the finished work of the one before.
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Handover, room by room
We go over the work with you and record any snags on the handover report. That date starts your guarantees: one year for completion (garantie de parfait achèvement), two years for equipment (garantie biennale), ten years under the builder's guarantee (garantie décennale).
Local rules in Bordeaux
- The city centre conservation areaA protected heritage area (site patrimonial remarquable), the conservation area of the historic centre was created in 1967 and covers around 150 hectares. Its plan was revised by a prefectoral order published on 13 July 2022. Work that changes the outside of buildings, and sometimes their interior, requires authorisation there, granted with the approval of the heritage architect (Architecte des Bâtiments de France, or ABF). If your home is within it, the quote allows for this authorisation and the time it takes to process. Source: Gironde prefecture, 2022.
- Around historic monumentsThe Mérimée database lists 384 buildings in Bordeaux protected as historic monuments (monuments historiques), 73 of them listed (classés) at least in part. In their surroundings (abords), changing the outside appearance of a building requires the ABF's approval, within the defined protection zone around the monument or, failing that, within 500 metres and in its line of sight. When your address is affected, the quote allows for this approval. Source: French Ministry of Culture, 2026.
- Bordeaux Métropole's planning rulesOutside the conservation area, in La Bastide as in the west of the city, work follows Bordeaux Métropole's PLU 3.1, the local planning rules (PLU) shared by the towns of the metropolitan area. A project that changes the outside appearance or the use of a property requires authorisation there, often a prior planning declaration (déclaration préalable). When your project needs one, we tell you from the quote stage. Source: Bordeaux Métropole, 2026.
FAQ
Do you need permission to renovate in Bordeaux's historic centre?
Yes, as soon as the project affects the outside of the building or its architectural and decorative features. The historic centre is covered by a conservation plan (plan de sauvegarde et de mise en valeur), and authorisation there is granted with the approval of the heritage architect (Architecte des Bâtiments de France). Some interior work is also subject to it. Processing time counts in the schedule: give the exact address in your request, and the quote will allow for it.
Renovating an old home in Bordeaux: where do you start?
Start by assessing the structure, damp in the walls, the electrics and the plumbing. According to INSEE, 34.3% of main residences in Bordeaux date from before 1946 (2023 census); in buildings of this age, these four issues weigh on the budget. Our quote itemises each of them. If the address is in the conservation area, also plan for the application for authorisation: it must be processed before work starts.
Which renovation company for La Bastide, on Bordeaux's Right Bank?
NS BAT 33, a general building contractor based at 61 rue Camille Pelletan, Cenon, on the Right Bank like La Bastide. We renovate flats and houses there as in the rest of Bordeaux, plumbing and electrical work included, with a single point of contact until handover. You can reach us on +33 7 81 80 46 39, Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, for an itemised quote.
Renovating a period flat in co-ownership (copropriété) in Bordeaux: what are the rules?
In the private parts of your property, you can in principle renovate without a vote, provided you respect the co-ownership regulations and the intended use of the building. A load-bearing wall, the windows or the façade affect the common parts or the outside appearance: the general meeting must then give its approval before work starts. This is a common situation, since 79.0% of homes in Bordeaux are flats, according to INSEE (2023 census). In the conservation area, the heritage architect also has a say on the exterior.
Does NS BAT 33 work in the Chartrons, Caudéran or Bacalan?
Yes. From Cenon, we work in every district of Bordeaux: the Chartrons, Bacalan, the centre, Saint-Augustin, Nansouty, Caudéran and, on our side of the river, La Bastide. Give the exact address of the project in your quote request: if the conservation area or the surroundings of a historic monument apply, we take this into account in the quote.