Such narrow gardens are very common in Belgium. The original strip was probably just the width of the house, the strip to the left of the house was then bought at a later date when the buyer could afford it.
It’s just an old field that was divided up in as many buildable plots as possible along an existing road, so the owner of the field can sell the entirety as building terrain, without having to build any amenities. Privatization of the profits, socialization of the costs.
They seem to be freshly ploughed, something will grow there, eventually.
A house with a narrow strip for a garden is a bit weird though
IIRC that’s a house in Zaventem, aka Brussels Airport. So, not a great spot place to build a house.
I don’t remember the exact story, but that was supposed to be row housing… but ain’t no-one building any more houses there.
Such narrow gardens are very common in Belgium. The original strip was probably just the width of the house, the strip to the left of the house was then bought at a later date when the buyer could afford it.
It’s just an old field that was divided up in as many buildable plots as possible along an existing road, so the owner of the field can sell the entirety as building terrain, without having to build any amenities. Privatization of the profits, socialization of the costs.
Looks more like harrowed or cultivated than ploughed.
What I initially meant was that the fields are large-ish and could have more and better buffer strips among them.
House. Garden. Soccer field. Reading grove.
Perfection.