How to Ask a Landlord for an Apartment Repair in English With Clear Details

Many repair messages are polite but unusable. Something is broken in the bathroom may sound respectful, yet it gives the landlord almost nothing to work with. A leaking sink, no hot water, a toilet that keeps running, a window that will not close, and a refrigerator warming up all lead to different decisions. If the message is vague, the first reply is often not a repair plan. It is a request for basic facts that could have been in the first email.

A better maintenance message usually contains four pieces: where the problem is, what it is doing, when it started, and how it affects the apartment now. Kitchen sink leaking under the cabinet since last night. Water collecting on the floor. Bedroom window not closing fully. Outside noise much worse after midnight. Those sentences are not elegant, but they are useful. They let the reader build a picture fast.

It also helps to mention any temporary step you already took. Maybe you reset the breaker, cleaned the filter, turned off the water valve, or used towels to control a small leak. That detail tells the landlord something about urgency and safety. Easydue can help cut indirect phrasing and make the English more immediate, but the message still needs enough texture to point a repair person toward the right problem.