I just moved into a duplex apartment in upstate NY. I previously wrote about a noise issue with this new place under the title "landlord lied about noise" but have started a new thread as this is a separate issue.
I have the following problems:
1. Bad sulfur smell in hot water and lesser sulfur smell in cold water.
2. Shower stall and toilet bowl are both leaking.
3. This is not a comprehensive list of the problems here, just the ones I cant live with.
Short version first: Is sulfur in the water with severe rotten egg smell a breach of the warrant of habitability?
Long version:
Landlord told me that there is no sulfur in the water and that she had the water tested twice. She said smell should dissipate with use, but it hasn't. I spoke to next door neighbor and he told me that the smell never went away and he has lived there two years. He asked landlord to fix it but she refused.
Landlord has attempted to fix toilet and shower stall after telling me "you just have to live with it." However, the repairs failed to fix problem and it has been two weeks since I have heard anything. The contractor asked me to call him if there was still a problem and I did. This prompted an extremely belligerent call today from the landlord's husband where he insisted I call him and not the contractor if there is a problem. Reasonable enough, except that he was screaming at me the whole conversation and hung up the phone before I could ask what they were going to do about the bathroom.
I should note that my lease has an "as is" clause.
At this point I plan to write to the landlord concerning all the problems here as well as to ask for a water filter to be installed, a rent abatement so I can buy bottled water or to end my lease.
Any advice on my rights here or how to resolve this would be appreciated.