The Wheels Of Justice Grind Slowly But They Grind Fine... But Mostly They Grind Slowly

Huzzah! Our incompetent building super has finally been relieved of his duties. This yob has been directly responsible for our apartment remaining unfinished 13+ months after move-in. Trying to explain the multiple layers in the common German apartment & housing system is a bit of a brain-melt, but the person I call the super is actually the Hausverwaltung, which is to say... a guy like the building super. Our situation was a bit more complex due to the fact that this building's Hausverwaltung also briefly owned our apartment (in this regard, apartments are like condos in the States) before flipping it while still under construction to the current owners. So beyond the contractually agreed completion of the place, there were also standard maintenence issues he had to take care of for the entire building. Anyhow, after more than a year of promises, excuses and lies from this dude and an equivalent amount of requests, cajoling, groveling and threats from us and our owners, very little was accomplished. Turns out this guy behaved much the same to the residents of the other 8 apartments in this building, and he was finally voted out in the annual owner's meeting yesterday. While the remaining work still needs to be done, we are breathing a sigh of relief that actual pros will complete the needed repairs and upgrades instead of the band-aid fixes using the wrong tools/materials perpetrated by this guy's construction-school rejects. The best part? The former super will be paying for the repairs out of his own pocket.