Rent reminder messages you can copy

A reminder works best when the tenant can act on it straight away, without having to ask you anything. Keep it to a few lines and include:

• The tenant's name.
• The amount, and the month it is for.
• The due date.
• How to pay, such as your UPI ID.
• What to send back after paying, such as the UPI reference.

Replace each part in square brackets with your own details. Keep the first messages friendly: most late rent is forgotten, not refused.

• Hello [name], a friendly reminder that the rent of ₹[amount] for [month] is due on [due date]. You can pay by UPI to [UPI ID]. Thank you.
• Hi [name], just a reminder that the rent for [month], ₹[amount], is due on [due date]. Please send the UPI reference once you have paid.

Two or three days ahead gives the tenant time to arrange the money, without being so early that it slips their mind again.

• Hello [name], the rent of ₹[amount] for [month] is due today. UPI ID: [UPI ID]. Please share the reference after paying. Thank you.

A tenant who pays by scanning can use a printed QR code instead of typing your UPI ID. The free UPI QR code generator makes one.

Check your bank before you send the first one. The payment may have arrived without you noticing, so leave room for that.

• A few days late: Hello [name], I have not received the rent of ₹[amount] for [month], which was due on [due date]. If you have already paid, please send the UPI reference and I will check. If not, please let me know when you can pay.
• A week or more late: Hello [name], the rent of ₹[amount] for [month] is now [days] days late. Please pay by [date], or call me today if there is a problem, so we can agree a plan.

Stick to the facts: the amount, the month and the date. If a tenant is in difficulty, a phone call and a written plan for the balance usually work better than more messages. Whether you can charge anything extra for late rent depends on your rent agreement, so check it before you mention it.

• Hello [name], thank you for the ₹[paid] received on [date] towards the rent for [month]. ₹[balance] is still due. Please pay the balance by [date].

Putting the amount received and the balance in one message avoids an argument later about what is still owed.

• Hello [name], I have received ₹[amount] for the rent for [month]. Thank you. I will send your receipt shortly.

A thank-you confirms the payment for both of you. The free rent receipt generator makes the receipt as a PDF or an image in a minute.

• Hello [name], your rent agreement ends on [date]. Please let me know by [date] whether you would like to renew, and a good time to sign.
• Hello [name], as per our agreement, the rent changes from ₹[current rent] to ₹[new rent] from [month]. Please pay the new amount from then. Thank you.

Send these a month or more ahead, so there is time to talk. The rent increase calculator shows what the rent becomes each year.

• Send at a sensible hour, in the morning or early evening.
• Send one message for each stage, not several in a day.
• Use the same wording every month, so tenants know what to expect.
• Keep the chat. It is a record of what was asked, and when.
• Never ask a tenant for their UPI PIN or a one-time password. You never need either to receive money.

In SetURent, a reminder rule sends a message like these before, on or after each due date, or as soon as you record a payment. You write the message once, with blanks that SetURent fills in for each tenant:

• {{tenant.name}} for the tenant's name.
• {{bill.amount}} for the rent still unpaid on the bill, with {{bill.month}} and {{bill.dueDate}} for its month and due date.
• {{payment.amount}} and {{payment.balance}} for the amount received and what is left, in a payment received rule.

Amounts come through as plain numbers, and dates as numbers too, such as 2026-09 for a month and 2026-09-28 for a day. A rent reminder skips a bill that is already paid, and each reminder is sent only once.

Messages go through your own WhatsApp or SMS provider, and both need the wording approved or registered first. Sending rent reminders on WhatsApp or SMS explains what to set up.