For anyone following our electricity saga, here's the latest. Our system is now properly grounded. The electrician had to dig 2 meters into the basement floor (miraculously without hitting any pipes or lines) and bury a metal rod. So that was relatively easy (for us).

We also had to move our electricity meter into our beautiful lobby AND hang three extra empty boxes in anticipation of some system update that might be mandated in the next century.

Here's the result. We're hoping to get a pretty cover over it ASAP.