You have a spare room in your apartment that you would like to rent out to a student. Write a letter to the Student Accommodation Officer of local college. In your letter, you should tell: - where your apartment is located - when the room will be available - what your requirements for a student to stay there are Begin your letter as follow: Dear…,

Dear Mr. Mark, I am writing
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letter to inform you about renting out
my
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apartment second room. I live on the 21st Robi Street in Downtown Halifax, the unit is on the 10th floor of the building, facing
towards
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the Atlantic
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. The location is very
convienent
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convenient
because it is just 5
minutes
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5-minute
walk away from the Dalhousie University campus. Beginning next month, on 2nd September 2025, the room will be available to move in. Ideally, any rental place is usually ready to settle in on the 1st of any given month.
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, the old tenants have some flight
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and they
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be leaving on the Midnight of the 1st September. For any student who would be interested in
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place, there will be several documents
requirment
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required
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such
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as
:
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an ID,
signed
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agreement letter and
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an advance
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fee of $200. Thank you for your time and consideration. Yours
sincerly
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sincerely
, Ali

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structure
Break the text into clear paragraphs. One idea per paragraph helps the reader.
grammar
Check spelling and grammar. 'convienent' should be 'convenient', 'sincerely' etc.
clarity
Be clear with dates. If the room is ready to move in from 2 September, say this plainly.
content
List the needed papers as bullet items to show you are ready.
tone
Keep a formal tone. Use 'Dear Sir or Madam' if you do not know the officer's name, and end with 'Yours sincerely' with your name.
content
You tell where the place is and how near it is to the campus.
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You say when the room will be free and what papers you want from a student.

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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