A Gold Coast woman is facing an $834 fine due to her family's "immaculate" lawn.

Amanda Blair uses a high quality synthetic turf at her home which is low maintenance and helps her partner's son's allergies.

"When my partner was mowing at the previous home, the smell and the grass clippings and things like that just set him off," Blair said.

The synthetic grass covers the front and back yards but it is the footpath patch that has made her local council see red.

In a letter, Gold Coast City Council advised her to rip it up or face further action.

"Get rid of it and put real grass down and then they will come in and inspect it," Blair said.

While fake grass on private property is widely allowed, council laws vary on footpath rules.

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