You are a student at an English language school in Brighton and are living in private accommodation with other flatmates. You have not had hot water or heating for some time. The landlord’s workmen have tried to fix the problem but without success. Write a letter to the landlord. In your letter, state your reason for writing describe the problems and explain how you feel propose a solution and risk the landlord to take action
Dear Mr Smith,
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-year student at Brighton Institution. I along with my classmates have been a tenant in Linking Words
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writing to inform you of the ongoing problem with the heating system that until now, hasn't been resolved.
As per the regulation of Use synonyms
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building, any technical problems are relayed to the maintenance team. They did fix it as requested, Linking Words
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, it seems they didn't do a good job. We contacted their office for a follow-up repair and they said we're on queue, for there are others before us that requested their service.
We've been patient in understanding our current situation but Linking Words
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heating problem has been going on for days now. I'Linking Words
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suggesting for you to add more technical crew with better skills. If being understaffed is the problem, Use synonyms
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maybe you need to hire more.
I hope you understand our current predicament and I'Linking Words
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expecting you to solve it as soon as the soonest.
Yours truly,
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angelica
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The Closing
The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.
Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.
Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)
- Yours faithfully,
Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)
- Yours sincerely,
Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)
- Best regards,
- Warm wishes,