Question for realtors/attorneys/renters/landlords

I've got a question that perhaps some of you can help me with:

My wife and I just bought a house in a rural location (closing is tomorrow). We rented prior to this. We had to break our lease on the rental, which is fine. Whatever. Our contract on the rental house states that if we break the lease, we lose our deposit, owe a re-listing fee and we are responsible for paying rent every month until they find a new renter. Understood.

We've been told a new renter is signing a lease tomorrow and will be receiving keys to the house on September 30th, which means we are responsible to pay a prorated rent through September 29th. So far so good, I guess.

Here's the problem: They want us to turn in the keys and be out of the house on August 31st (two days), despite the fact that they're requiring us to pay rent through September 29th. Is that acceptable to be expected to pay rent for days that we will not have access to the property? We could sure use a couple of extra days to move our stuff out of the house if we could get some extra days.

Are there any realty experts on here who can clarify this for me? I'm ready to call the rental agency tomorrow and tell them that we will not be turning in the keys until the last day that we are paying rent for.

What say the experts on SB?

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Question for realtors/attorneys/renters/landlords