Well, my biggest concern is proper humidity levels. I'm from CA as well, and this State simply doesn't have the proper climate to house tegus outdoors like you mentioned that you were wanting to do. You'd end up spending half of your day just standing by with a hose, watering your tegu down. As you said, the play house IS a little small, so while it would work for a younger tegu, there's just no way it could properly house an adult. The general guideline for appropriate adult tegu housing is 8' x 4' x 4'. The general guideline for their humidity levels is about 70% to 80%... which is impossible to achieve in an outdoor enclosure anywhere in CA, with *maybe* the exception of extreme Northern CA, but at that latitude, there isn't enough year round sunlight to keep them healthy and alive.
Sorry to have rained on your parade. :(
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