People left stunned after releasing the bizarre reason new build houses have bricked up windows revealed

HAVE you ever seen new build houses with what appear to be bricked up windows?

It’s not just a design error or something the builders messed up, it turns out there’s a legitimate reason for the style feature.

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The bricked up windows on new build homes have left some people scratching their heads[/caption]

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New build homes often have the feature on the side walls[/caption]

A picture of one of these bricked up windows on a new build house was recently shared on Facebook, and people were stunned when they realised the simple explanation.

Of course, when one person posed the question there were lots of different theories.

One person joked: “It’s the new gateway to Hogwarts. Run straight at it really fast; you’ll figure it out.”

And a second commented: “Think it’s cause they are all pre-made to certain specs and whoever bought it didn’t want the window there in the end and they filled in it before completion.”

Well, it turns out that the bricked up windows are totally deliberate and they’re supposed to make the house look older.

One person explained: “These are faked bricked up windows.

“Developers add them because they think it looks more period authentic. Its to mimic old houses from when the Window Tax was in force in the UK 1696 -1851.

“People were taxed on the number of windows they had in their houses so many windows were bricked up to reduce tax paid by home owners.

“Totally pointless in the 21st Century new builds and looks crap frankly.”

So, the idea of adding the bricked up windows is that the brand new houses look like they were built decades ago.

This might appeal to some buyers more, but other Facebook users agreed the trend seems pointless.

“I think they make the house look worse but each to their own,” one person said.

“If you’re going to that much effort just add the window,” another wrote.

Meanwhile, on X, formerly Twitter, users were just as confused when one user shared a snap of some new build homes with similar bricked up windows.

“This new build has bricked up windows added to it as a feature that were never actually windows and omg I CANNOT DEAL,” one said, sharing a snap of the home.

“It’s a popular trend at the moment to make houses look Georgian so the new builds ‘fit in’ with the rest of the village’,” one person replied.

And one mused: “That’s so weird why would they do that?”

But another user thought it looked “naff” and another chimed in to say the design was “grim.”

And someone else wrote: “I’m a town planner who approves new estates and the actual reason is that some developers put them in as ‘features‘ because they’re cheaper than windows.

“I hate them personally.”