When builder Charlie Clayton and architect Geoffrey Mouen first
envisioned Tradewinds, a 7,300-square-foot custom property
located in the exclusive Baldwin Park neighborhood in Orlando,
FL, they knew the eventual buyer would expect everything. So
they collaborated to create a house where the eventual owners
would find no faults or missing pieces—aesthetically or functionally.
Since the neighborhood was off the city's municipal gas main,
Clayton chose propane to deliver the convenience and luxury his
buyers demand. "It wasn't even a question," Clayton says. "These
buyers will accept nothing less than the flame of a gas cooktop or
the realism of a gas fireplace, so propane was our first and only
choice."
Since market research showed that Tradewinds would most likely
be purchased by a second-home buyer from a large northern city,
the choice of propane was even easier. "Northern buyers won't
purchase a house without gas-fired appliances, especially at this
price," says Barbara Koenig, senior vice president of New Broad
Street Companies, the agency commissioned to sell Tradewinds.
"They want the performance that propane delivers, from the instant
flame for cooking to hot water on-demand in the shower."