To start with, here are several tilings of simple defective squares
+--+ +-----+--+ | | | | | | +--+ | +--+ +--+ | | | | | | +-----+ +--+ +--+--+ 2x2 | | | | | +--+--+ + | | | +-----+-----+ 4x4 +-----+-----+ | | | +--+ | +--+--+ | | | | | | +--+--+--+ | | | | | +--+--+--+ +--+ | | | | | | +--+ +--+ | | | | | +-----+--+-----+ 5x5