I mean that due to the academic year the houses are available to rent from approximately September 2015 to September 2016, so you could live in a house from Sept 15 to Sept 16. You couldn't stay in a house until October 2016 because most students start their courses in September and then the house could not be let to students for the remainder of that year.
So if you would be ok to rent up to September 2015 that would be ok.