Sto visitando un amico in Gent e ho notato che molte case hanno la finestra in alto a sinistra completamente sigillata. Una strada, era ogni singola casa. Qualcuno sa perché questo è?
You’ll see this in old houses cuz at one point people were taxed per percentage of windows were in the facade of the house. So a lot of people removed one or more windows and permanently closed them
snitt on
Tax on Windows from many years back. So people removed windows to pay less tax.
discofrisko on
Same in the UK Btw
FitDeal325 on
taxes
ifoundapancake on
Because people used to be taxed per window. According to [Wikipedia](https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belasting_op_deuren_en_vensters) this lasted from 1798 until 1919 in Belgium.
The upper left window is often the window in the hallway (if it’s above the front door), so closing that one had less impact than closing a bedroom window.
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Parce qu’il sont taxés sur les fenêtres pour sa quelle est condamnée
To lower their window tax on daylight.
with the vent i assume bathroom?
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belasting_op_deuren_en_vensters
You’ll see this in old houses cuz at one point people were taxed per percentage of windows were in the facade of the house. So a lot of people removed one or more windows and permanently closed them
Tax on Windows from many years back. So people removed windows to pay less tax.
Same in the UK Btw
taxes
Because people used to be taxed per window. According to [Wikipedia](https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belasting_op_deuren_en_vensters) this lasted from 1798 until 1919 in Belgium.
The upper left window is often the window in the hallway (if it’s above the front door), so closing that one had less impact than closing a bedroom window.
Window tax!! A new concept for me! Thanks, all!