The new tenant decided he was going to do car repairs in the basement, so he pulled out the carpet, yanked out doors, demolished part of the house and started fixing cars and dripping oil into the basement.
Desjardins eventually just took off in January 2010 without paying the rent.
So Lescault tracked him down and slapped him with a $28,837 suit at the rental board, the highest number I've ever seen at that joint.
The Rental Board ordered Desjardins to pay Lescault $13,737.
Whether he ever will or not is another question.
Lescault's insurance company also refused to pay for the damage which they estimated at $9,200. They said it the damage was caused by natural degeneration of the structure.
A judge noted, however, that it was clearly vandalism and that wasn't exempt from the policy so the judge ordered Union Canadienne to pay him an additional $7,000.
So Lescault won both court rulings but had to deal with a ton of headaches. Keep an eye on your house when you rent it out.