They have trouble seeing different shades and seeing things separately when looking at certain color combinations.

But to each his own and pain is an excellent teacher.Dont mean to throw shade on your plans just do a much better job of due diligence, and listen to the local experts, your not smarter than they are, and they know their market. 

There are pockets in 77707 that are good as well (south of the shaded area).

We are in the high 90s, but it's so dry you don't feel it if you're in the shade.

Go live there, the grass is really a shade brown.

Thanks @Mike D'ArrigoA little more background -- I'm closing on the home in a couple weeks, and the hail damage occurred years ago (the current homeowners claim the roof is 5 years old, but there's a strange strip of shingles that are significantly darker than the others).

Since I've taken over, they send me "demand emails" for silly things like the sprinklers pointing in the wrong direction (which can be adjusted when and if they see this/ and could be from their dogs or children), emergency texts  - requests for ME to  pay the "excessive water usage" charge on their water bill -  in Vegas, now unavoidable for homes that haven't yet been converted to desert landscaping, and the latest one - "have your landscaper address the mushroom growth" problem, which just sprouted up due to heavy rains and the property being in the shade. 

I imagine for the dark(er) sky setting

Though not all shades of taupe are created equal and some can contain a pinkish cast if it's rose, mauve or deep taupe for example. 

It’s a completely different color than the sample that was shown to me (basically the sample showed only one shade of many, and so I was expecting just a dark brown, yet the end result is many different shades that create a very chaotic, wild and jarring look).