Is it kinda crazy that my landlord wants to replace a new fridge instead of troubleshoot a leak issue and potentially repair it? It seems wild from my 3rd floor micro studio walk up's perspective.

I'm obviously not a homeowner or especially familiar with the costs of refrigerator repairs or replacements. When I moved in (spring 2024) I had to rip a ton of plastic off the fridge so I assume it's new. The past 1-2 months, water has been pooling below the crisper.

The freezer temp dial was hit by a box and things did frost over so at first I thought that was why. At this point that's clearly not the case. I don't see obvious cat hair clogging anything in back but didn't give it the most thorough look. We also had a mouse here for a while so I wonder if maybe they chewed a tube or something.

Regardless my landlord seems to just want to replace it instead of have someone look at it. I'm thankful that he's taking action but feel this is excessive, wasteful, and more labor intensive on both our parts than just fixing it. I'm in a 3rd floor studio so he'll have to get it up two very narrow flights and I'll have to move half my micro studio out of the way to do so.

I've had like 3-4 other water related issues in this space since I moved in and it seems like attention to the little details is often missed during repairs. I fear I'll end up with a fridge that opens the wrong way (against a wall in a tight corner) or is the wrong size and scraps the wall every time I open it.

Am I crazy for thinking jumping straight to "new fridge" without even looking at the fridge is kind of wild? Not like I have any say anyways in my borrowed 300 sq ft. Sigh.