u/LawfulGutter

There are many good things about the renters rights act, but notice periods being changed to 2 months has screwed me over a little!

So my contract states that I have to 'give notice on the rent due date' which is the first of the month.

I contacted my landlady on 22nd april to give her notice I was leaving, and I was aware with the 1 month notice period stated in my contract, that would take me to the end of may.

She then got back to me to say that due to notice to be given on the 1st, my notice would then be affected by the renters rights which brings it to 2 months. She is happy to release me if the room gets filled.

A rather frustrating situtation, do I have any grounds to contest this or do I have to just deal with it?