The best time to document your property was years ago. The second best time is right now -- and it takes about 60 seconds per room.
Nobody thinks about room measurements until they need them urgently. And when that moment arrives -- a water pipe bursts, a tree comes through the roof, a fire damages part of the house -- the last thing you want is to be scrambling to reconstruct the dimensions of rooms that no longer look the way they used to.
Property documentation is one of those things that feels unnecessary right up until the moment it becomes invaluable. Insurance claims require specifics. "The bedroom was pretty big" does not hold up when you are trying to establish the scope of damage or the cost of restoration. "The bedroom was 14 feet 3 inches by 12 feet 8 inches with a 6-foot built-in closet along the north wall" does.
Beyond insurance, there are dozens of situations where having a recorded set of room dimensions proves useful: estate planning, rental agreements, property tax assessments, refinancing, renovation history, or simply knowing what you own and how big it is. The data does not expire. A room's dimensions today are its dimensions until someone moves a wall.
ezSpace turns property documentation from a weekend project into a quick walk-through. Scan each room with LiDAR, export the measured floor plans, and store them wherever you keep important documents. The whole house can be documented in under an hour.
A print-ready PDF with precise room dimensions. Ready to file with your insurance paperwork or store digitally.
Insurance claims for property damage almost always involve establishing the size and scope of the affected area. Whether the damage is from water, fire, wind, or a wayward vehicle, the adjuster needs to understand the dimensions of the impacted rooms to calculate restoration costs.
When you file a claim, having pre-existing documentation of your rooms' dimensions gives you a significant advantage. Instead of relying on the adjuster's measurements alone -- which are taken after the damage has occurred, when rooms may be partially demolished, water-logged, or otherwise altered -- you have a baseline record of what the space looked like before.
This is not about disputing the insurance company. It is about providing clear, verifiable data that speeds up the claims process. A PDF floor plan with labeled dimensions is the kind of documentation that adjusters understand and appreciate. It eliminates ambiguity. It provides a point of reference. And it shows that you took your property records seriously.
For comprehensive claims that involve multiple rooms, having floor plans for the entire property means the adjuster can assess the full scope of damage against documented baselines. Rooms they cannot access or rooms that have been significantly altered by the event still have a measured record on file.
Some homeowners scan their property before hurricane season or wildfire season as a standard precaution. It takes an hour or less to scan every room, and the exported files live safely in cloud storage regardless of what happens to the physical property. Think of it as a spatial backup of your home.
After a covered event, you can scan the affected rooms again to document the current state. Comparing the before and after scans provides a clear picture of what changed -- which walls were damaged, which rooms were impacted, and the extent of the dimensional changes. This before-and-after documentation can be a powerful tool when working through the claims process.
Raw room geometry and metadata in a structured data format. Perfect for long-term digital archiving and data integration.
Estate planning involves documenting what you own, and your property is likely your most valuable asset. While legal descriptions and deed records establish property boundaries, they rarely include detailed interior measurements. Having a complete set of floor plans for every room adds a layer of documentation that can be useful for estate valuation, property distribution, and historical record.
For older homes especially, original blueprints may not exist or may not reflect decades of modifications. A LiDAR scan captures the property as it actually is today -- not as it was designed 50 years ago. This current-state documentation can be filed alongside other property records as part of a comprehensive estate portfolio.
Landlords and property managers benefit from documented room dimensions in multiple ways. For tenant relations, having accurate floor plans means room sizes listed in rental advertisements are verifiable. For maintenance and improvement planning, knowing the exact dimensions of every unit makes it easier to estimate costs for flooring, painting, or fixture replacements.
At move-in and move-out, a floor plan serves as a spatial record of the unit's condition -- a complement to the photos that are standard practice. If a dispute arises about modifications or damage, having a dimensional baseline makes the conversation factual rather than subjective.
For property managers with multiple units, the JSON export format is particularly useful. JSON is a structured data format that can be stored in databases, processed by software, or integrated with property management systems. It is the kind of format that scales -- one unit or one hundred, the data structure is the same.
Each scan produces a clean floor plan with dimensions on every wall. Store it digitally or print it for your files.
There is a meaningful difference between "I have measurements somewhere" and "I have structured dimensional data stored in a format that will be readable for decades." PDFs are the universal document standard -- they will be openable on any device for the foreseeable future. JSON is a plaintext data format that any programming language or database can read. Between these two formats, your property's dimensional data is future-proofed.
ezSpace exports to both. The PDF gives you a human-readable floor plan with labeled dimensions that anyone can understand at a glance. The JSON gives you the raw data: wall coordinates, room geometry, measurement values. One is for people. The other is for systems. Together, they form a complete spatial archive of your property.
Store the files in your cloud drive, email them to yourself, save them alongside your insurance policy documents, or file them with your estate paperwork. The scans are small files that take up virtually no storage space, so there is no reason not to keep multiple copies in multiple locations.
While PDF and JSON are the most relevant formats for documentation and archiving, ezSpace exports to six formats total. Each serves a different purpose.
PDF for insurance paperwork, printed records, and sharing with professionals who need a visual floor plan. JSON for structured data storage, database integration, and long-term digital archiving. SVG for including floor plans in reports, presentations, or websites that need vector graphics. USDZ for viewing the room layout in augmented reality on iOS devices. OBJ for importing into 3D modeling software. Reality for Apple's RealityKit ecosystem.
You scan once. You export to whatever format the situation requires. And if you need a different format later, you can re-export from the saved JSON without rescanning the room.
Start with any room and work your way through the property. Each room scan takes about 60 seconds. For a typical three-bedroom house, the entire process takes under an hour -- including time to walk between rooms and review each scan.
Export each room as a PDF for your physical or digital filing system, and as JSON for long-term data archiving. Name the files clearly: "Master Bedroom - Jan 2025" or "Kitchen - Pre-Renovation." Organization now saves confusion later.
Save your floor plans to cloud storage, email them to yourself, and keep copies with your insurance documents. The files are small enough that redundant storage costs nothing but gives you peace of mind that the records survive regardless of what happens.
The value of property documentation is invisible until the moment you need it. And when that moment comes, the difference between having detailed room measurements and not having them can be measured in thousands of dollars and weeks of frustration.
With ezSpace, documenting your property takes less time than mowing the lawn. Walk through each room, scan it, export the floor plan, and file it away. The data sits quietly in your records until the day it matters -- and on that day, you will be glad it is there.
ezSpace requires an iPhone Pro (12 Pro or later) or iPad Pro (2020 or later) with LiDAR. It exports to PDF, SVG, USDZ, OBJ, Reality, and JSON formats. It is available in 23 languages.
Your property records should be as solid as your property. Start scanning today.
