You and your family have just rented an apartment and one or two problems occurred. Write a letter to the landlord. In your letter • introduce yourself • describe the problems • what you would like him/her to do.

Dear Ms. Patty Hope you are doing well. I am janatjot and I moved
last
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month
in
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into
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your apartment located on 5th avenue toronto. I am currently working full-time from home. I am writing
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epistle to share some problems I have been facing since I moved in.
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, Its been wonderful living at your apartment.
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, I have noticed some issues arising which are heavily impacting my daily life activities.
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, the heating system seems to be crashing the apartment stays cold even if the heat is set
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to a certain temperature.
In addition
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, the dishwasher
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and
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microwave have been put out of order as they are not in working condition anymore.
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of these ongoing issues i have not been able to do things promptly. If you could get these things back into working condition by sending a
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maintenance
team to fix that would be awesome. Looking forward to hearing from you. Your Sincerly Janatjot Kaur

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task response
Task response: You answer all parts, but add a bit more detail about each problem and what you want the landlord to do.
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Task response: Use a more clear and polite tone in some lines, like 'I would be grateful if you could send someone soon.'
coherence cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: Your letter has a clear start, middle, and end, which is good.
coherence cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: Link some ideas with simple words like 'also', 'so', and 'because' to make the flow better.
coherence cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: Keep one main idea in each paragraph and check small word order and sentence form.
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Task response: You introduce yourself and say why you are writing.
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Task response: You clearly list the main problems in the flat.
coherence cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: The letter is easy to follow overall.
coherence cohesion
Coherence and cohesion: You use a proper letter ending.
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,

Topic Vocabulary:
  • landlord
  • apartment
  • rent
  • problems
  • family
  • move in
  • leak
  • water
  • heating
  • repair
  • request
  • quickly
  • specific
  • date
  • fix
  • issue
  • welcome
  • contact
  • thank
  • help
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