Cleanliness is next to opulence

If remodelling the bathroom is on your to-do list, you might consider this 109-carat diamond-encrusted tap, shown off by model Jemma Tweedie.

Tapmaker Methven - currently promoting a sharemarket float - is looking to bring a luxury tapware range from Italian company Visentin to New Zealand next year.

Plumbing merchants viewed the 1101-diamond top-of-the-range "jewel" tap - worth $350,000 - in Auckland yesterday.