Drush command needs higher bootstrap level - Pantheon Drush Alias Setup

Question

I just setup pantheon for one of my websites. So far I've done the following and the site works fine:

Version Drush: 5.3 Local Dev: Ubuntu 12.04

1. Git clone the repo to my local desktop
2. Copy the pantheon.aliases.php file to the .drush directory at ~/home

Now when i do a drush @pan.chouse.dev pm-list I get the following error.

~/websites/pan-chouse$ drush @pan.chouse.dev pm-list

Command pm-list needs a higher bootstrap level to run - you will need    [error]
to invoke drush from a more functional Drupal environment to run thiscommand.

The drush command 'pm-list' could not be executed.                       [error]
The directory /home/drupalpro/websites/pan-chouse does not contain a     [error]
valid Drupal installation

I also did a drush @pan.chouse.dev status and I get this:

~/websites/pan-chouse$ drush @pan.chouse.dev status PHP configuration : /srv/bindings/a59cd0c1631747ef8cda2b5e88fc5124/php.ini
/srv/bindings/a59cef8cda2b5e88fc5124/php.ini Drush version : 5.10.0
Drush : /srv/bindings/a59cd8cda2b5e88fc5124/drushrc.
configuration php

I'm not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong as it should technically work.