Er... Tee, hon, the whole valley looks like that in the summer. It's so hot the grass dies. So they put it away from the rest of the town on a hill where it's a bit cooler and they irrigated.
Actually, I have to agree with Tee... the landscapes are so ugly....
I know Cali gets like that in the summer... in the eternal summer Cali has...
But the house is beautiful indeed!