Common law courts have not spoken with one voice on the issue, which brings into focus a tension between two established principles on compensatory damages. On one hand, it is trite that the court does not concern itself with the use to which a claimant intends to put an award of damages. On the other hand, however, there is an intuitive discomfort with awarding the cost of cure to a party that has no intention to carry out any repair work: can such a party truly be said to have suffered loss represented by the value of the cost of cure? If not, the alternative measure of damages is often the “diminution in value”, which assesses the difference in value in the property or project because of the defective work, as compared to that value had the Contract been properly performed.