Lormont has two faces. The first is the Vieux Bourg, the old village: around 43 hectares around the historic centre, from the Garonne quays to the wooded hillsides, where any change visible from outside is prepared with the heritage architect (Architecte des Bâtiments de France, or ABF). The second is a town of apartment blocks, largely built after 1970. Inside a home, the conservation area rules do not apply; in an apartment building in co-ownership (copropriété), the building's own regulations set the rules.
If your address is in the Vieux Bourg or near a monument, the quote allows for the authorisation needed for exterior work. We then carry out the renovation under a single contract: plumbing and electrical work, plastering, tiling, kitchen, bathroom, painting. And after water damage from the flat upstairs, the same firm repairs ceiling, walls and floors, with a quote your insurer can read line by line.
Lormont in figures
- Main residences completed between 1971 and 1990
- 32.5%
- INSEE, population census, 2023(opens in a new tab)
Housing and neighbourhoods in Lormont
The Vieux Bourg, a varied mix of buildings
Within the protected area, the AVAP (the planning document that governs it) lists échoppes (traditional single-storey stone houses) and other low houses, town houses, apartment buildings, villas and châteaux. An old home needs materials that suit its walls and let moisture escape: we choose them with you and list them in the quote, item by item.
Three homes in four in apartment blocks
In a flat, the bathroom, kitchen, floors and electrics are redone within your own unit, in the order the work requires. Nearly a third of main residences were completed between 1971 and 1990: they have reached the age for a full refresh, room by room or all at once depending on your budget, with the same point of contact.
One home in four is a house
Houses make up 24.6% of homes; of those lived in as main residences, one in three was completed before 1971. In a house of this age, a full renovation takes everything in hand: partition walls, electrics, plumbing, plastering, floors, painting. It is the typical project for a general building contractor, run under a single contract through to handover.
Our work in Lormont
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 Lormont
- The Vieux Bourg conservation areaThe protected heritage area (site patrimonial remarquable) covers the historic village in four sectors: Quais de Garonne, Village-Rue, Village-Plateau and Coteaux Boisés. Work that changes the outside of a building there requires authorisation, which the town hall passes to the heritage architect. For a home in one of these four sectors, we tell you which work needs this authorisation. Source: Bordeaux Métropole and the town of Lormont, AVAP presentation, 2016.
- Four historic monumentsThe Sainte-Catherine hermitage, the church of Saint-Martin, the old château and the church of Saint-Esprit are protected as historic monuments (monuments historiques). Within their surroundings (abords), meaning the protected zone around them, any change to the outside appearance requires the ABF's approval. The town hall's planning department can tell you whether your address is affected, and the quote allows for it. Source: French Ministry of Culture, Mérimée database, 2026.
FAQ
Lormont conservation area: when do you need the heritage architect's approval?
For some exterior work. Lormont has a protected heritage area (site patrimonial remarquable), governed by an AVAP since 2016, and four historic monuments, including the Sainte-Catherine hermitage and the church of Saint-Martin (French Ministry of Culture). Within these zones, altering a façade, a roof or the external windows and doors requires authorisation with the approval of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France (ABF). Purely interior work is not covered by these rules.
Renovating a flat in Lormont: what approvals are needed in co-ownership (copropriété)?
Three quarters of homes in Lormont are flats (74.8% according to INSEE, 2023 census). Within your own flat, the kitchen, bathroom, floors, electrics and non-load-bearing partitions can in principle be redone without a vote at the general meeting of co-owners. Its approval becomes compulsory as soon as the work affects a common part or the outside appearance of the building, for example opening up a load-bearing wall or fitting windows of a different model.
Looking for a renovation company near Lormont?
NS BAT 33, a general building contractor based in Cenon, is 2 km as the crow flies from the centre of Lormont. It renovates homes and business premises from demolition to finishing, including electrics, plumbing, plastering, floors and joinery. It also works in Bassens, Carbon-Blanc and Artigues-près-Bordeaux, with a single quote that brings together all the trades on the job.