Maybe you can verify this story that I was told. On a few vacations to Greece I wondered why so many buildings of all shapes and sizes had some re-bar sticking out somewhere, usually at the top of a post. I was told that it is about evading property taxes by never completely finishing construction, that taxes were not due on unfinished buildings. So they were never finished. The buildings were all occupied and fully livable but I guess the owner could point to the re-bar sticking out and say it was not really finished.