Man wont move out of his apartment despite horrid conditions

An East Village man is hanging onto his rent-stabilized apartment for dear life.

Rory Denis has endured deafening construction and dusty conditions for nearly a year and a half, all because he cant bear to part with his beloved and cheap home at 338 E. 6th St., where hes lived for 44 years.

I was born here, Ill die here. My yellow toenails are going to be embedded in the staircase as they drag me out, Denis jokingly told The Post on Sunday. All kidding aside, Im miserable.

The five-story apartment building has been undergoing serious renovations since May 2013 and has been gutted from top to bottom except for Denis fourth-floor apartment, which still has its floors and walls intact.

The stairway is like playing mousetrap, said Denis, 65. Its a nightmare. I feel like a bathtub on a broomstick.

General contractor Esteban Vazquez griped that the lone holdout has created a headache for his workers, who have to skip 4 when theyre installing electrical wiring and plumbing throughout the building.

Hes been here for eons . . . the guy pays like $350 a month rent, Vazquez said. I dont blame him. I wouldnt move either, but youre going to live in that condition? The house is totally ransacked.

Vazquez added, Hes just trying to stop the inevitable.

Denis refused to disclose how much he pays in rent.

His landlord, Nurjahan Ahmed, is barred from evicting him because of stringent housing laws that protect rent-stabilized tenants. Denis said Ahmed has offered him $25,000 to leave, but he refuses to budge.

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Man wont move out of his apartment despite horrid conditions