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Band 5.5

You are experiencing financial problems and want to ask your landlord if you can pay your rent late. Write a letter to your landlord. In your letter explain: Why you are writing to him Why you cannot pay the rent When you will pay the rent.

#landlord #rent
Dear Sir, I am writing
this
 to request your approval for allowing me to pay
my
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this
 month's apartment rent past the due date. I have recently lost my job as the company for which I was working has closed.
In addition
, two months ago I was required to undergo
a
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surgery which demanded a large sum of money, which I paid from my savings. Because of
this
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 my financial situation is currently very unstable and I could not afford to pay 1000$ as the rent.
However
, I have managed to secure a personal loan from the bank and it should be delivered to my bank account in
next
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 15 business days.
Therefore
, I can guarantee to pay my outstanding rent by the end of
this
 month. I hope that you will consider my situation and provide approval
to
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 my application. Yours Sincerely, Sam Hopkins
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Word Count

IELTS says that you should write a minimum of 150 words in writing task 1. If you go under word count you will lose marks in task response.

A very long letter will not give you a higher band score.

Aim for between 160 to 190 words in writing task 1. This will ensure a concise letter and will be realistic in terms of time management. You have only 20 minutes to write the letter and you need around 5 minutes of planning time, so you will not be able to write a long letter in 15 minutes.

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