Advanced Writing with English in Use

Unit6 • Formal letters

37 Acorn Street

November 7th

Dear Mr Scrooge,

I've been your tenant here for seven months now, and I've

got

lots of things to complain about.

First, thegas cooker, which is an absolute death trap. I t

is

an antique model - somewould say a museum piece - that leaks

gas constantly. Quite apart from the fact that the gas is

liable to poison me, there is a good chance the cooker will

one day explode and burn your house down. What's more, its

meagre two rings are slow and inadequate, while the oven (which

doesn't close properly because of thehuge dent in the

door)

is so thick with dirt that i t is beyond cleaning. So

, as you

can see, a new cooker is urgently needed, and it's you who

should pay for it since I'm renting the flat as 'furnished'.

Secondly, the heating: two one-kilowatt electricfires

in the

whole flat. This has been incredibly expensive and totally

insufficient throughou t the autumn. Now, with winter corning on,

I 'm in danger of freezing to death while you take a holiday

i n

the Bahamas paid for with my rent money. I shall expect

an

adequate heating system to be installed be fo r e the end

of

November.

Finally, the windows. They don't s hu t properly (for that

matter, neither do the doors) so there's always a howling

draught blowing through the house. Actually, so manyof the

panes are broken that i t wouldn't make much difference

if the

windows did shut. Please do something about this,

preferably by

r ep l a c i ng the whole lot with double glazing. If you don

't do

this before winter sets i n , I'll be ob l i ge d to spend

my rent

money on making the house fit for human habitation instead

of

giving the money directly to you.

Yours sincerely,

OliverTwist

92 • Tas k types