Selected Houses
LIAIGRE
HOLLY HUNT
POLIFORM
B&B ITALIA
MINOTTI
WARP & WEFT
Meet IDist
What is IDist?
30-second introduction · Recording in progress
Three Benefits
01
A complete picture of your home — controlled by you.
Verified, attributed, valued. Yours to share, keep, or transfer.
02
Direct access to the world’s top private makers, brands, and firms.
Fifteen years of relationships across NYC luxury residential. Named at the source, not at the showroom.
03
Substantiated value across every stakeholder moment.
Tax. Insurance. Sale. Estate. One record. A fraction of the alternatives.
$200,000
NY STATE TAX EXEMPTION AVAILABLE
For documented capital improvements. Unclaimed without a verified record.
$124T
GENERATIONAL WEALTH TRANSFER BY 2045
Almost entirely undocumented at the interior level.
40%
OF CONTENTS INSURANCE CLAIMS DISPUTED
The primary cause: no documentation existed at time of loss.
$7,500
THE FOUNDATION ENGAGEMENT
Less than the $5,000–$15,000 a forensic CPA otherwise charges to reconstruct cost basis at sale time — reactively, with degraded data.
For owners tired of fakery
You have been to the staged listing. You have read the marketing tearsheet. None of it tells you what is actually in your home.
Typical client investment in furnishings and capital improvements: $200,000–$2,000,000+. Almost none of it on the record before IDist. Three moments when only the record matters.
01
You renovated.
New York State exempts up to $200,000 in qualifying capital improvements from sales tax. Without a substantiated record, that exemption is difficult to claim and nearly impossible to defend. The record is the exemption.
NY State Exemption · Up to $200,000
02
You are preparing to sell.
A property with substantiated provenance — verified materials, named makers, permit history — commands a different conversation than a staged listing. Especially off-market, where the right buyer pays for certainty.
Off-Market · Pocket Listing Market
03
You are planning your estate.
$124 trillion transfers between generations over the next twenty years. The residential properties in that transfer are almost entirely undocumented at the interior level. Your heirs deserve a complete record.
Generational Transfer · Estate Planning
Selected Engagements
West Village Residence · 2BR Landmarked · 2023
Tribeca Loft · Full Floor Conversion · 2024
Common Questions
Where most owners begin.
I am about to start renovating. Where do I begin?
Most owners come to IDist before they spend the next dollar. The Foundation engagement gives you a verified picture of what is already in your residence — what was paid for, who made it, what it is worth — so the next decision is informed, not reactive. Real residential design is built in layers, not in a single overwhelming transaction. Start with the assessment.
I don't love my space. How do I figure out what to change without making expensive mistakes?
Most expensive mistakes happen when an owner makes a major upgrade decision without an independent baseline. IDist starts with the baseline — verified, attributed, valued. From there the conversation moves from "guess what to replace" to "know what to keep, what to upgrade, and what the upgrade is actually worth." Slow is fast.
How do I work with IDist without it feeling like another renovation overwhelm?
Engagements are built in stages. Reserve. Intake. The on-site scan, two to four hours. The Record, delivered in two to three weeks. Then, by your choice, advisory at the moments that matter — pre-renovation review, active project, pre-sale positioning, estate transfer. Nothing is bundled. You move at your own pace.
I am considering a purchase. How do I see what is really in the residence before I commit?
Pre-purchase is one of the strongest moments to engage IDist. A buyer who arrives with verified permit history, contractor provenance, and substantiated inventory has information the seller does not expect them to have. Whether the residence is on the market or pocketed, the dossier becomes the information advantage.
How is this different from a designer, an inspector, or a broker?
A designer builds. An inspector tells you what is broken. A broker brokers. IDist establishes what exists — by maker, by material, by value — and substantiates what your designer, inspector, and broker each rely on. The four are complementary; none of them is the other.
Glass-box towers feel cold. Can IDist help me make it feel like home?
Yes. Modern signature residences need a layered design vocabulary — solar shades plus drapery, integrated A/V, finished millwork, lighting that does not feel like a hotel — to read as someone's home rather than a developer presentation. The Foundation engagement is where the layering begins. The dossier surfaces what is missing; advisory engagements help you build it in.
Who else sees the record once it is built?
Only the people you choose. The dossier lives on a private URL not indexed anywhere. Each viewer enters under a named access tier you control. Your CPA, your attorney, your insurer, a buyer — each sees what you let them see. Nobody else.
Why does IDist work in layers, not all at once?
Because the residential ecosystem has trained owners to consume design and improvement in single overwhelming transactions. Real residential design — the kind that lasts — is built in layers, with assessment first. The Foundation engagement is the assessment. Everything that follows is one decision at a time, on your timing, with no gotchas.
The record no one else has.
15 years inside NYC’s signature residences. Expertise spanning manufacturing, construction and architecture with direct relationships with the world’s top private brands.
IDist substantiates the full value of your home so it can be yours — whether you are upgrading, initiating a quiet sale, or purchasing.
Reserve an Engagement →$500 deposit · Balance due on completion · Cancel before scan