We believe renters deserve access to their own money. Not in six months. Not after a legal battle. Now.
Every year, millions of renters hand over thousands of dollars in security deposits and then wait — sometimes months, sometimes years — to get that money back. Meanwhile, landlords hold your money hostage while you're cash-poor from moving costs, new furniture, and life expenses.
When it's finally time to get your deposit back, the process is stacked against you. Unfair deductions, endless delays, and legal battles that cost more than the deposit itself. The traditional system is broken.
Refenestra flips the script. We give you 80% of your security deposit back today — not at move-out. Your landlord signs a simple acknowledgment form, we release your funds within 48 hours, and your lease stays exactly the same.
When you eventually move out, we handle the deposit return process with your landlord. If they try to withhold your deposit unfairly, we fight that battle so you don't have to. That's it. Simple.
The word comes from the Latin fenestra, meaning window. "Re-fenestra" means to open a new window — a new way of looking at something. We're opening a new window on the broken security deposit system, giving renters a way out of a system that was never designed to work in their favor.
Refenestra was built by people who have been renters, who have fought for deposits, and who got tired of watching the same broken system hurt everyone around them. We're not here to take advantage of anyone — we're here to give renters their financial freedom back while fundamentally changing how security deposits work.