The season’s first snow storm added a shiver of frustration to a group of Brooklyn Heights residents who have been without heat and hot water for five months.

The Grace Court residents blame a stubborn landlord for the crisis, and the landlord blames bureaucratic red tape for making repairs at the landmarked building nearly impossible.

Now, as winter’s chill finally settles in, residents like Vermont native Benjamin Kremer, 32, feel like he is on a permanent camping trip inside his $1,600-a-month, rent-controlled apartment.

“I was washing dishes this morning, and my hands were just so cold because of the water,” he told The Post. “Showering is really crappy, but at least in the summer you would warm up.”

In July bricks fell from the rooftop chimney of the five-story building, prompting the city to issue a violation to owner Aranka Sillen and to order a shutdown of the building’s gas.

Brooklyn Housing Court Judge Daniele Chinea ordered Sillen to address the problems after residents filed multiple lawsuits. So frustrated by the lack of progress, the jurist scolded the landlord’s lawyer at an October hearing.

“Come back for a f–king trial,” she said, according to a transcript.

But Sillen’s lawyers insist neighboring property owners refuse to let workers access the chimney. Sillen can’t offer space heaters because it could overload the aging building’s electrical systems, and a temporary boiler can’t be installed because the only means of ventilation is the deficient chimney, her lawyer, Meryl Wenig, claims.

Sillen was forced to go to another court to get access for repairs, her lawyer said. She’s now negotiating insurance and scaffolding issues and waiting for the city Buildings Department to issue permits so the work can begin.

The chimney work can be finished within 30 days, but the heat and hot water can’t be restored until the gas company gives the OK. The building still has cooking gas.

“I can’t fault the landlord for not being able to move the mountain that’s in her path,” the lawyer said.

The city’s Department of Housing Preservation is “using all of the enforcement tools at our disposal to make sure the situation is rectified,” agency spokesman Matthew Creegan said.

Kremer slammed Sillen as “a piece of work.”

“The building has issues that date back to 1986. She is doing things her way and is essentially breaking the law. Shes stubborn,” he griped.

As for the weekend’s winter storm, the couple is doing what they can to fend off the cold.

“We are bundled up in as many layers as possible and wrapped up in blankets with a heater and oven on,” Kremer said. “And staying away from the window.”