I rent out a 1 bed house i previously lived in with my partner. We moved because it was too far from his workplace and it was a bit too small for us both, I owned the house for a year before I met him.
It's a 1960s house, I think the whole time living there I had 1 repair issue, maybe I got lucky? We've had a tenant in for 2 months and so far there have been 6 different issues. Prior to renting it out it was inspected by an agency, all safety checks completed and no issues flagged.
Not sure why but everything seems to be going wrong, there's a different emergency every week. We had a few quiet weeks and I thought things would improve now suddenly another £500 bill which is something the tenant has likely caused but we can't yet prove that.
I've also had a few issues with the agency, I'm fully managed with them and initially they were sending their own contractors without consulting so I couldn't claim insurance. Then they were refusing to be transparent about invoices and mark up fees so I've gone self managed now.
My partner is a lot more level headed about it and says it's normal, it's fine, it's just money. I don't understand how I lived there for a while and now suddenly fuses blowing every time, boiler issues despite recent maintenance, things like mould which never happened.
It's the risk I took but I'm unsure whether I'm cut out for this long term. I accept there has to be some sort of cost but I wasn't anticipating repairs every week or two. I'm just unsure whether im cut out for being a landlord, we don't make any profit on the house by the way. He thinks I'm being over the top and that it's only money, but I'd like some sort of stability and control, and not constant agency issues.
Am I in the wrong to consider selling? My mortgage interest is high and I've hardly made a dent in the capital as it is. It's just a high mental load and maybe I'm not resilient.