ChD 10 November 1989. The plaintiffs (M) are trustees of an estate and the defendants (C) are freehold owners of an estate house purchased in June 1986. The property was subject to a scheme under Leasehold Reform Act 1967 s19 which set out restrictions including that only one private car should be parked in the front garden or forecourt of the property, no alterations should be made to the front of the property, breach of restrictions should be rectified within three months and the landlord can enter the property to carry out the changes and charge to the owner; however the landlord must not withhold reasonable consent to any change. Shortly after moving in C employed contractors to carry out certain works including the excavation and paving of an off street parking area where the front garden had been. This was carried out without M`s consent and involved removal of a wall and hedge separating the property from the pavement, On 4 December 1986 a solicitors letter was issued to C say