You are a student at Brighton Tech. 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 Sir, I am
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student
of
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Brighton Tech. My name is Lawrence and I am staying in your subiksha apartment, second floor flat
number-2A
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number 2A
. I am writing
this
letter to explain about the
water
is passing through the pipelines for daily usage is not fully hot. The plumber, which
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you
send
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last
week,
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did not solve
this
problem perfectly. Now the climate is winter and all of us in our apartment including myself should wake up too early in the morning
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because my college
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is 7.00 AM. So, if I wake up early
then
only, I will get some time for fresh and cook. During
this
hectic
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the bathroom shower
also
fully
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cold
water
instead
of hot
water
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this
monsoon time is fully not acceptable.
Last
two days my health
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suffered, now I
got
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cough
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and sneeze because
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I bathed in cold
water
.
This
was an old apartment so the pipelines
are
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corroded and
more
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leakage. As a landlord of
this
flat allocate a skilled plumber as soon as possible for the replacement of all old pipelines and valves.
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coherence and cohesion
Ensure that each paragraph contains a single, clear idea to improve readability.
task achievement
Use a more formal tone throughout the letter to better suit the context of addressing a landlord.
task achievement
You covered all required points in your letter: the reason for writing, description of the problem, and proposed solution.
coherence and cohesion
Your letter follows a logical structure from introduction to conclusion, which helps in understanding the situation.

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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