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Renovation works in Riehen

Local housing stock

In Riehen, the federal building register lists 4'255 residential buildings and 10'905 dwellings. These municipal benchmarks help put your home in context, but do not replace an individual assessment.

73 %built before 1980
45 %heated by oil or gas
14.5 %electric hot water
18.4 %with declared solar thermal

Age of residential buildings

73 % built before 1980

  • Before 19196 %
  • 1919–194518 %
  • 1946–196029 %
  • 1961–197010 %
  • 1971–198010 %
  • 1981–19906 %
  • 1991–20007 %
  • 2001–20105 %
  • Since 20117 %

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

Main heating energy

38 % · District heating

  • District heating38 %
  • Gas36 %
  • Heat pump15 %
  • Heating oil9 %
  • Electricity1 %
  • Wood1 %

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

Heating and hot water: which energies?

EnergyHeatingHot water
Gas36 %20.7 %
Heating oil9 %5.4 %
District heating38 %37.7 %
Heat pump15 %15.4 %
Electricity1 %14.5 %
Wood1 %0.5 %
Solar thermal0 %5.8 %

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

  • Heat exchanger (district)37.7 %
  • Standard boiler30.8 %
  • Heat pump15.4 %
  • Condensing boiler11.7 %
  • Boiler (unspecified)3.5 %
  • Central electric heating0.8 %

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

Houses or apartment buildings?

  • Single-family houses67.8 %
  • Two-dwelling houses5.3 %
  • Apartment buildings (3+)26.9 %

7.5 % of buildings mix housing with shops or offices.

The typical building

storeys (median)
3
median footprint
103 m²
median dwelling area
90 m²

Dwellings by number of rooms

3.7 %1 rm
11.7 %2 rm
30.9 %3 rm
26.7 %4 rm
27 %5+ rm

Dwellings per building

  • 1 dwelling67.8 %
  • 2 to 412.5 %
  • 5 to 916.3 %
  • 10 to 193.1 %
  • 20 or more0.4 %

Renovations, heritage and volumes

For renovation planning in Riehen, RegBL figures reveal that 1031 out of 4255 buildings are under heritage protection. If your property is classified, you must contact the municipality early to navigate permit requirements. Regarding house volume, data coverage is partial; the standard SIA 416 volume measurement is not recorded for the 2885 houses listed, complicating the assessment of scale for insulation or heating projects. Additionally, the year of last renovation is not available in the registry. Homeowners should account for these missing metrics when estimating project costs and technical specifications for their specific building.

1'031
buildings flagged as protected
status known for 4'255 of 4'255 buildings; check with the municipality

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

Renovating in Riehen: what to know

Planning works in Riehen, canton of Basel-City? 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.

Choose your works in Riehen

Nearby municipalities : Basel