Final Retention Release After Defects Period Email Template

Use this page when the defects period, warranty window, or post-completion hold period has expired, but the final retained balance still has not been released. This is a very specific retention scenario and should not be handled like a generic final notice. The commercial issue is that the release trigger appears to have passed already, yet the final held amount remains stuck without a clear explanation. That changes the message you need. The email should ask the payer to confirm the end date of the defects period, whether any defect claim or unresolved issue is still being used to justify the holdback, and when the final retention amount will be released now that the hold period has ended. The outcome you want is to move the retained balance from passive delay into an actual release commitment with ownership and timing. It is commercially strong because the visitor is already in the last contractual stage of payment recovery and needs exact wording for unlocking the final withheld cash.