July 30, 2007
JustQuotes: The Green Building Exchange In Redwood City
“[Michael] Schaeffer, a longtime California home builder who started using more-efficient methods before "eco-friendly" was a catchphrase, has started the Green Building Exchange in Redwood City, a kind of year-round trade show, education center and retail shop designed to steer builders away from natural resources and low-efficiency items and toward cabinets made from reclaimed sorghum straw and non-electrical glow-in-the-dark "exit" signs.” (Getting Green Under One Roof)
∙ The Green Building Exchange [Redwood City]
First Published: July 30, 2007 2:00 AM
Comments from "Plugged In" Readers
I came across something in the same vein a few months ago as they were moving in to their space on Polk Street...
http://thegreenhomecenter.net/
Sounds like another green building source.
Posted by: Miles at July 30, 2007 4:47 AM
Very cool! Eco Design Resources (originally in San Carlos) just moved into the Exchange. That's a great store to get all sorts of stuff! I love their American clay paint and various lines of eco-friendly floor selection. I love bamboo but it's too high maintenance. I once staged a home with bamboo floors and by the time we got done, there were black tennis shoe marks all over. Ack imagining moping the floor at the end of a very long day...
Cheers,
Cindy
Posted by: cindy@staged4more at July 31, 2007 2:30 PM
yeahhh... GREAT company... great group of people.... Too bad that I'm totally f***ing kidding.
I did a job for them for 350 bucks four months ago, and they HAVE YET TO PAY ME....
VENDORS BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!
G.B.E. NOT paying it's bills....
really classy group of people
Posted by: aaron lee at March 20, 2008 5:18 PM
Warning!!! I have done business with Michael Schaeffer and his company, MGS Construction, Inc and he abandoned my job site after not paying his contractors and leaving the site 65% completed. He now refuses to pay money to have the same job completed by another contractor. -- And I have email that he has done this to several other clients. Do NOT do business with this man, he will steal your money!
Posted by: Scott at June 16, 2008 8:18 AM
If anyone wants to contact me, I am putting together very detailed notes and email exchanges from people that have been ripped off by MGS Construction, Inc and Michael Schaeffer. I have submitted the paperwork to the DA so if anyone wants to add to it, let me know! junk.mail.scott@gmail.com
Posted by: Scott at June 16, 2008 8:22 AM
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