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 cannot pay the rent • When you will pay the rent. • How you will ensure you can pay your rent in the future

Dear Ms Jain, I hope you find
this
letter in high
spirit
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. I am writing
this
letter with a request for providing me
an
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extension to pay the
rent
. I understand that the
rent
given by me is a source of income for you.
However
, I assure you that I will clear my dues in the next 10 days. Unfortunately, I work in a start-up, which is a seasonal idea so, the revenue generated
this
time is not sufficient enough for the company.
Hence
, the founders requested
us
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to
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wait for another week ahead.
Therefore
, I humbly put my words forward that I will be able to pay my
rent
in the next 10 days.
Also
, in future, I am changing my job to an established multinational company in another month. I am certain that
this
kind of request will not be presented to you in future as I have more job security in an MNC setup. I ,
therefore
,
a
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plea you to allow me extra 10 days to clear my
rent
for the first and
last
time. Thank you
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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,

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