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Repairs & Maintenance

Use these phrases to ask for apartment repairs.

Key Phrases

The heater in my bedroom is not working.

💡 Use this sentence when your bedroom is too cold.

The kitchen tap leaks a lot of water.

💡 Say this when water comes out of the tap.

I cannot lock the front door of my apartment.

💡 Use this when you cannot lock your front door.

Can you send someone to fix the water?

💡 Ask the landlord to send a worker to help.

When will the worker come to my home?

💡 Use this to ask about the time of repair.

Please fix the lock as soon as possible.

💡 Use this phrase for a very urgent repair job.

The lights in the bathroom do not turn on.

💡 Say this when the bathroom has no working lights.

I will stay at home tomorrow morning for this.

💡 Tell the landlord you are going to wait inside.

Can we change the day of the repair?

💡 Use this to ask for a different repair date.

Thank you for helping me with this problem.

💡 Say this to thank the landlord after the conversation.

Practice Dialogue

Tenant
Hello, the heater in my bedroom is not working.
Landlord
That is bad because the weather is very cold.
Tenant
Yes, and the kitchen tap leaks a lot of water.
Landlord
I will send a worker to check these things.
Tenant
When will the worker come to my home?
Landlord
He can visit you tomorrow morning at ten.
Tenant
I will stay at home tomorrow morning for this.
Landlord
Great, the worker will fix the problems very quickly.
Tenant
Thank you for helping me with this problem.
Landlord
You are welcome, have a very good day.

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