What are my rights as a tennant???

Question

I have lived in my property for 18 months. I have been diagnosed with cancer and am exhausted from the treatment so I found a house near my family. I am on a rolling month for month contract and have to give a months notice so I gave them a months notice in writing on the 15th June. The agents are now saying I can only give notice on a rent payment day and that I have to stay till 1st August as my rent is paid on the 1st of the month. Can they do this? I am effectively having to give a month and a halfs notice and I can't afford 2 rents as I have had to give up work due to my health.
I have informed the agents of my situation and they haven't even notified my landlord that I've asked to leave. Also they want me to pay a huge sum of money to leave early.
The boiler has now broken after they were told it needed replacing last year and my son and I could have no hot water or heating for up to a week while they order a spare part etc Do I have any rights here???

Rent payment date is 1st of every month

Answer 1

You do not state your location, but in most areas, month-to-month tenancy is considered a FULL month's arrangement. No matter when you give written notice, it is considered to be effective at the END of the month in which you gave the notice, such that the landlord is entitled to the following month of rent.

In the absence of any other sort of agreement, the landlord is entitled to July's full rent, since your notice has the effect of being tendered on or about June 30.

Sad to say, you misunderstood the '30 day notice' requirement.

You may have some sort of legitimate complaint relative to the lack of hot water, depending on the tenant requirements governing the area in which you live.

Answer 2

As long as you pay your rent, you have the right to stay. I think there's a law about that. rent act or something....