regularly used subcontractors for this work and he was familiar with the costs the subcontractors charged his company. While Fitzwater’s estimate is based on the entire basement square footage, on remand the district court should adjust the damages awarded by: (1) deducting an appropriate amount for the southern portion of the basement deconstruction and remodeling necessitated by the sewer back-ups and not caused by the undisclosed water problem; (2) deducting an appropriate amount for any basement bathroom deconstruction and remodeling; and (3) adjusting the mold remediation damages if the court deems it necessary. These steps will allow the court, while admittedly using some speculation, to arrive at a reasonable approximation of damages. See Metropolitan Transfer, 328 N.W.2d at 538 (<HOLDING>). Additionally, on remand the district court
holding failure to raise issue of improper measure of damages in trial court waived review of complaints that proper measure of damages was not submitted to jury and that plaintiff failed to present evidence on the proper measure holding that the measure of damages of converted property is the market value at the time of conversion holding that the proper measure of damages to repair defects for a building contract that has not been substantially performed is the contractually agreed upon measure of damages holding defendants should not escape liability on the ground that the measure of damages attributable to them is uncertain holding that where the customary measure of damages for a vendors failure or refusal to convey land was inapplicable the measure of damages must be flexible enough to vary with the necessities of the situation