Kevin Fiore, 56, caused 5,184 pounds of damage to the 130,000 pounds house in Werrington, Staffordshire, which he shared with wife Katrina.
The father-of-two, who had been married to the 39-year-old for three years after meeting 14 years ago, hacked the sofa in half and wrote 'Kev's half' on the cushions, the Daily Mail reported.
A wardrobe, dressing table and two sets of drawers faced the wrath of the jilted man, who also tore down the loft ladder, trashed the bathroom and scrawled offensive messages on the walls.
Fiore, a bankrupt builder who now lives with his daughter from another relationship, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and walked away from Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court with a two-year supervision order as the judge called his antics 'mean and unpleasant'.
Judge Mark Eades told him: "This was a piece of revenge upon your ex-partner."
"It was mean and unpleasant but, at the end of the day, it was only property, and the value falls firmly in the magistrates