We have just finished renovating two bathrooms and I was adamant I didn’t want shiny chrome. I insisted on Astra Walker’s brushed platinum tapware and fittings. Whilst it does look a bit gorgeous, I’m afraid it’s not worth the extra 25-30% we paid for it (shhhh, thank god my husband isn’t on Houzz!!). With all special finishes I find you need to be quite particular about wiping down the fittings otherwise they look grubby with water stains. Hindsight you marvelous thing, you’re always 20/20 aren’t you??!! I’ll be sticking to good quality chrome if we ever renovate again. Especially since you can get such a wide variety of styles that suit anything from a Victorian style bathroom to pure minimalism. Good luck.

If you look at reviews on Appliances Online and Winning Appliances , it has very good customer reviews , about 4.7 .

Yes just look for a new bath spout and a new shower head set up. Take a photo to your plumbing supply company and they will recommend a good retro fit design. I would not replace the mixer in shower and bath. Just clean it with gumption. Unless you want to go a completely different profile or colour. Then yes replace as is, otherwise it will be a costly plumber job.

Offshore manufacture may be questionable, My thoughtonly reputable brands who may or maynot disclose lead content Purchase Hansa, Grohe or Hansagrohe 2) Purchase from Australian manufactures who are more likely to disclose lead %e.g Brodware