Dear Landlord...

Thanks to Mike Smith (mjs@iii.co.uk)

Extracts from real letters sent to landlords, complaining about problems....

  • The toilet is blocked and we cannot bathe the children until it is cleared.
  • I want some repairs done to my stove as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.
  • This is to let you know that there is a smell coming from the man next door.
  • I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is running away from the wall.
  • I request your permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.
  • Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
  • Will you please send someone to mend our cracked sidewalk. Yesterday my wife tripped on it and is now pregnant.
  • Will you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny color and not fit to drink.
  • Would you please send a man to repair my downspout. I am an old page pensioner and need it straight away.
  • When the workmen were here they put their tools in my wife's new drawers and made a mess. Please send men with clean tools to finish the job and keep my wife happy.

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