"The best has nothing to do with gold faucets," said Mr. Forstmann, who owned three Gulfstreams before he bought the company.

It poured out of the curved gold faucet, splashed into the blindingly white sink and cooled his fevered skin.

It has two sets of gold faucets (his and hers, one presumes), and on command, water showers down from the living greenery hung overhead.

The bathrooms were even noted as having 24kt gold faucets.

The prototypical luxury item of the day was the gold faucet.

You know you had made it as a company man if you got to use the executive washroom with the gold faucets.

"It's doable unless people go crazy with rare marbles, woods and 14-karat gold faucets."

"Now you'll want me to buy gold faucets, too," Mr. Shahrabani said.

He leaned against the wall outside and imagined her bending down towards the gold faucet to rinse out her mouth.

We use the cost of producing a basic unit," he said, "not a typical luxury unit in Manhattan with marble bathrooms and gold faucets.