You have received a letter from your landlord, Mr Matthews, asking you to renew your contract and pay more rent. You are happy in the property, but the landlord has not been maintaining it well. Write a reply to Mr Matthews. In your letter: •indicate your intentions to stay • give information about the maintenance issues • explain what you would like the landlord to do now

Dear

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Matthews, I am writing to

asking

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you to renew your contract on the house on

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Pasteur Street. I am intended to keep my lease for another two years. First of all, I am very glad to get a house that

both

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near my job and my child’s school. It

have

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been a blessing to only took me half

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hour every morning to drive my girls to school and get to work. I

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love the

house

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cozy design with

small

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garden

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the front porch.

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, we have

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had an issue with the water supply for

few

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months now. The water pressure is quite weak and

some time

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we

have

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discolor

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water coming

though

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our pipes.

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, the roof has had some leaks in the

raining

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months, and it stained the drywall. All in all, I

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to fix all the

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out of my pocket, and we could keep the new lease at the same price. Or you could look

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matter and we could renew my contract with a 10

percent

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higher price for the next two

year

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. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, My Tran