write an email to my landlord. i moved out 7 weeks ago and still havent got my deposit back ($1,400). he isnt answering my texts. firm but not rude. im sam
Subject: Security Deposit Return for [Rental Address]
Hi [Landlord's Name],
I moved out of [rental address] on [move-out date], about seven weeks ago, and I haven't yet received my security deposit of $1,400. I've also sent several text messages with no reply.
Please return the $1,400 deposit to me by [date, e.g., 10 business days from today]. If you're withholding any part of it for damages or cleaning, please send an itemized list with receipts or estimates, along with the amount you're keeping and the reason for each charge.
You can send the payment to [preferred payment method, or mailing address]. If I don't hear back or receive the deposit by [date], I'll consider other options, including filing a claim in small claims court.
Thank you, Sam [Phone number]
Before you send it, check your local deposit law. Many places require landlords to return the deposit or provide an itemized statement within a set period, often 14 to 30 days after move-out, and some impose penalties of two or three times the deposit for missing that deadline. If you're in one of those places, you can mention the specific statute in the email, which often gets a faster response. Keep copies of your lease, move-out photos, and your texts, since they'll help if you end up in small claims.
The catch: The prompt gives your name (Sam) and leaves out the address and the country.
Run details
- Model
- anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5
- Route
- OpenRouter API, one user message
- Served by
- Claude Platform on AWS
- Effort
- medium, OpenRouter's default for this model
- Limits
- 60 min · 128,000 output tokens (the model's limit)
- Date
- 24 Oct 2026
- Time
- 4 s
- Words
- 220
- Tokens
- 65 in, 570 out (163 of them thinking)
- List price
- <$0.001 at today's price ($0.1 in / $0.5 out per M)
- Paid
- <$0.001
- Script
- The email has 8 blanks to fill in before you can send it.
Exact prompt
write an email to my landlord. i moved out 7 weeks ago and still havent got my deposit back ($1,400). he isnt answering my texts. firm but not rude. im sam