A single complaint from an anonymous neighbour has led to one woman having to tear up her “perfect” fake lawn that she’s had for five years.
Gold Coast resident Amanda Blair received a warning from her local council, after an anonymous neighbour reportedly dobbed her in for having an artificial front lawn.
“Some idiot has decided to ring council who now demand we rip it up and replace with real grass,” she shared in her local Facebook group.
“Yes it’s council land yet they won’t mow it or maintain it. Any advice? Pretty annoyed as we wanted a low maintenance yard.”
She added: “We have had fake high quality grass which almost looks like real grass on the front footpath of our home for over 5 years. It has never deteriorated or looked untidy, always pristine.”
Residents were quick to respond to her post, with many pointing out that the council itself uses artificial grass, questioning why resident’s couldn’t do the same.
“GCCC has fake grass on the nature strip between Burleigh surf club and the pavilion,” one woman said. “But that’s OK – hypocrisy.”
“They put it everywhere in parks but call yours a trip hazard? You must’ve pissed someone off,” another added.
One person pointed out that there are other things the council should focus on, saying: “and yet it’s perfectly OK to walk on broken and uneven foot paths”.
Others called out the neighbour for dobbing, with one person writing: “If the person that reported you is on here, you’re an absolute tw*t.”
“Gee we can’t have tidy gardens without pissing off a Karen or a Kevin,” another commented.
Some residents urged her to push back against the council, offering hilarious solutions, with one writing: “Take photos of all the fake turf the council uses and ask why they can do it but you can’t.”
Another quipped: “just tell them you don’t know who put it there.”
One person gave the extreme suggestion to “just concrete it”.
Another suggest that she could get the council to do it for her by providing evidence that she doesn’t have the capacity to maintain a lawn, with other adding that there is a service for disabled residents too.
“They will mow it for you … you may need a doctors letter. Will do your bins too,” they said.
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