u/Substantial_Mix1958

long story short i have been dealing with an odor in my apartment along with a list of various other things and possible mold for MONTHS, i've complained so much to them they can smell it and can't find the source. I was offered 2 choices one was to transfer apartments the other was to break my lease without fees on july 30th i got that email giving me then 2 choices. i submitted my 60 days to leave and get a email back saying i have to pay $2k+ to break my lease now. what should i do? i have everything in writing. she went back on her word. i asked her could i take some time to decide she said yes, it's been 1-2 weeks. now they are clueless

long story short i've been having an odor coming from my hvac & kitchen sink cabinet for about 2-3 months. The smell would fill my whole apartment and smell like sewage constantly. They kept having people come out but didn't fix anything because " they can't locate the smell". I eventually was fed up and called code compliance, they came and gave a violation. A week later they sent someone i've never seen from the company out. They say they can smell it but also can't locate it so they're at a stump. I mentioned breaking my lease with no penalty's because at this point the city wrote them a violation already so there is an issue but they can't fix. they mentions transferring me to a different unit, i told the I don't really want to be out here because i'm pretty sure management is irritated with me & im irritated with them, the property manager is always rude when i bring it up. it wouldn't be a good fix. They informed me that the previous manager no longer was with them. so now I am open to transferring but the only thing is I was a bigger apartment, i'm willing to pay the extra but i do want them to go down atleast $100 for what i've been having to deal with since living here since December. What should I do? should i try to transfer to a bigger apartment or continue trying to break my lease ?