It's winter where I'm at, NY - it was literally 33 degrees the other day, but nevertheless good advice.
yeah, the unfortunate thing is many women will ignore all logic to get their disney "wine and dine" fantasy. My best advice is to identify some free/cheap indoor spots (i.e. coffee/desert spot) and stick to those (find a few different locations so you aren't taking a bunch of women to the same place lol). You would think with Face time/video chat that could be used to build rapport to then move to the house, but meeting in person is still the only way to "see someone's energy".
If you are actually trying to court someone you can present the house thing as a legit date and frame it as dinner more so "chill at my place". If you are just trying to smash, then you'd want to be careful how much energy you invest in something that isn't 100% (nothing is ever 100%).