Wealthy Indians tap into bathroom luxury with US$18,500 smart toilets


A man cleans inside a sample bathroom at a Kohler experience centre in Mumbai. - Reuters

MUMBAI: In India's polluted northern city of Kanpur, Rajat Ghai has a penchant for Rado watches and Louis Vuitton shoes. Now, as the 31-year-old entrepreneur builds his dream home, he is indulging his designer tastes with a luxury bathroom.

Ghai will spend US$28,000 on designer fittings from American giant Kohler and Japan's Toto, installing a jacuzzi bath tub, showers with steam features and a multifunctional toilet with a heated, temperature-control seat and an automatic deodoriser.

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