Reserve an Engagement
Nobody else at the table is on your side. We are.
Brokers want transactions. Designers want fees. Contractors want change orders. Insurance wants premiums. Cities want taxes. Even with significant resources, the owner of a serious New York residence is being extracted from at every layer — and gets no independent advocate.
A property dossier from IDist® is the seat at the table whose only agenda is yours. A verified, maintained, defensible record of what you own, who made it, what it cost, what it is worth today — and an independent view of every major decision that follows. Built for owners who would rather know than guess.
●2 Engagements Available · June
The Foundation Engagement
The Record
$7,500
Foundation engagement · 12 months platform access
Reserve with $500 deposit →Balance due on completion · Cancel before scan
- —Complete spatial documentation of the residence
- —BBL-linked permit history from NYC Department of Buildings
- —Capital improvement record formatted for ST-124, OBBBA depreciation, and cost basis at sale
- —Eligible for NY State exemption up to $200,000 — typical first-year recoverable: $15,000–$25,000
- —Verification photography at install moments — not staged
- —Maker and contributor index, including names rarely found in any public directory
- —Provenance certifications for marquee items — material, attribution, restoration history
- —Expert judgment layer: what was overpaid, what to upgrade, what to keep
- —Activity panel — you see who viewed your dossier and what they asked
- —Private property URL, not indexed, shareable on your terms via access tiers
- —Documentation Score with money-shaped prompts: every addition unlocks more substantiation
- —60 days post-delivery support
- —Transferable on sale: the record travels with the property
Annual Renewal
$2,500per year
5% per year continuously renewed, capped at 25% off
- —Annual scheduled refresh — new ST-124 packet for the year's improvements
- —Refreshed valuations on contents
- —New verification photos for additions
- —Continued Activity panel access
- —Documentation Score maintenance and new recommendations
- —Monthly editorial brief filtered to your building and property
Professional Engagements
Independent advocacy at the moments that matter.
Available exclusively to dossier holders. Each engagement is scoped to your project and priced to what is at stake — a strategic review on a $1M renovation is different from one on a $5M renovation. Each is independent: we review, we recommend, we do not execute.
Pre-Renovation Strategic Review
Before a $500k+ project
Independent review of project plan, contractor selection, vendor proposals, and budget allocation. Catches the wrong decision before it becomes a $50,000 mistake.
Active Project Advisor
During an active build
Weekly review of work, change orders, vendor submissions, and material substitutions. The independent eyes you wish you had during your last renovation.
Pre-Sale Positioning
Before listing or pocket sale
Showcase tier dossier publishing, buyer-attribution panel configuration, and positioning analysis. For owners who would rather sell on the strength of their record than the strength of a broker.
Estate Transfer Engagement
Trust formation, probate, or inheritance
Attorney-friendly packet, basis substantiation, asset attribution, transfer-ready dossier. Coordinates with your estate counsel without replacing them.
Capital Project Post-Mortem
After a completed project
Audit of work done — what was overpriced, what is mis-installed, what to fix going forward. The honest read your contractor never gave you.
Each engagement is scoped and quoted individually. Inquire after your Foundation engagement is complete.
Four Guarantees
Constraints we impose on ourselves to prove we are on your side.
80% Documentation Score target
Your dossier reaches 80% Documentation Score after delivery, or we redo the on-site scan at no charge.
Anti-fakery promise
If a claimed maker or provenance cannot be verified through our network, we tell you in writing. We do not fake it.
Activity panel exclusivity
Nobody but you sees engagement data on your dossier. We do not sell it, share it, or analyze it across properties.
Cancel before scan, full refund
If you cancel any time before the on-site scan, we return your full deposit.
What We Do Not Sell
The absence is the point.
Every line below is somewhere the residential ecosystem extracts value from owners. We are not in any of those games — by structure, not by promise.
✕Design services. If you want design execution, we will refer you separately — never bundle.
✕Procurement, fabrication, or installation. We document; we do not build.
✕Brokerage on the sale of your property.
✕Legal advice. We substantiate; your attorney advises.
✕Tax advice. We substantiate; your CPA advises.
✕Vendor recommendations on commission. We list; you choose.
✕Your data, under any circumstance. Not sold, not shared, not aggregated.
✕Vendor kickbacks of any kind. None, ever.
How it works.
01 · RESERVE
$500 deposit holds your slot
02 · INTAKE
Brief conversation by phone or email to scope the engagement
03 · THE SCAN
We arrive with spatial documentation equipment. Two to four hours for a typical Manhattan apartment.
04 · THE RECORD
BBL-linked dossier built over two to three weeks
05 · DELIVERY
Your private property URL. Not indexed. Shareable only with people you choose.
Why IDist
Who you are letting into your residence.
Fifteen years of operator-led work inside private Manhattan residences. Active studio practice with direct relationships to the makers, artisans, and galleries that produce the work worth documenting — Lindsay Adelman, Poliform, Christopher Peacock, and others rarely listed in any public directory.
Workshops in North Brooklyn produce custom millwork, drapery, and furniture for serious residential work. That practice is separate from IDist — and it has to be. IDist exists to document, advise, and substantiate, not to sell vendor services. If a recommendation in your dossier leads you to upgrade work, you choose who does it.
This is documentation work that requires having seen what a properly-built signature residence actually looks like, from the inside, over years. The credentials matter because the product depends on them. The independence matters more.
Questions.
Why one Foundation offer instead of tiers?
The dossier is one product. Tiers added confusion without adding value. We charge $7,500 because that is what a properly verified, expert-judged, advocacy-grounded record costs to produce — and what it returns in the first year alone in tax substantiation typically exceeds the engagement.
How do Professional Engagements work?
Available to dossier holders. Each engagement is scoped to the project at stake and priced individually — a Strategic Review on a $1M renovation is different from one on a $5M renovation. Inquire after your Foundation engagement; we will scope and quote.
Do I need to be present for the scan?
Yes. The scan requires access to all rooms and storage areas.
Is my address kept private?
Yes. We do not publish addresses, building names, or any identifying information about engagements.
Can I share my dossier with my CPA, attorney, or insurance carrier?
Yes. The Activity panel lets you generate access keys with specific permissions for each recipient — and you see what they viewed, what they asked, and when. Revoke any key at any time.
What is the renewal for?
Your dossier ages. New improvements, market valuations, and condition shifts need to be captured each year for your filings, your insurance position, and your eventual sale. Renewal keeps the record current and your Documentation Score maintained.
What if I want to cancel?
Cancel any time before the scan for a full refund of the deposit.