Brussel buildings

Buildings in Brussels can be very fascinating. These two are just opposite mine and both rather derelict. It is a little difficult to tell if people are living there or not, at least on all floors, but definitely on some floors. There are curtains and flowers in the windows, but at the same time windows are broken and curtains are hanging out. However on both buildings the roofs look quite recently renovated, so someone still cares a little about them, but anyway with those facades and broken windows I guess the houses are still quite rotten. 

My house is nicely kept and my apartment very nicely renovated but still the outside of the window frames would really need some painting, but when we mentioned that while looking at the flat, the landlord just said that it would be too expensive and that you can not do everything at the same time (inside and outside). Which is true of courses. But on the other hand painting the windows now would not cost that much, taking care of them later can get very costly.