I would always say go for what you prefer the look of. Yes at the moment the £100 difference between the two systems seems like a lot but you have to consider it a cross the 15 to 20 year lifespan of the bathroom when that extra price is nothing really, unless of course your intention is to flip the house in which case you want to go for the cheaper option. Even if you are only there for ~ 5 years its £20 a year.
In terms of doing the job it's much of a muchness although with the bathroom panels there will be much less or no grout lines to fail so they will be maintenance free longer.
Victoria Plumb and DBS are both large companies. I've not dealt with them personally but they do seem to have a good reputation on trustpilot as well as good returns / exchange policies.
Going to stick with tiles, partly for the reasons you said and partly as the local fella eventually agreed a fair cash day rate (plus me labouring odds/sods) to just get it all done likely in a day (only a small amount and largely uncomplicated)
Don't mind at all.
I would always say go for what you prefer the look of. Yes at the moment the £100 difference between the two systems seems like a lot but you have to consider it a cross the 15 to 20 year lifespan of the bathroom when that extra price is nothing really, unless of course your intention is to flip the house in which case you want to go for the cheaper option. Even if you are only there for ~ 5 years its £20 a year.
In terms of doing the job it's much of a muchness although with the bathroom panels there will be much less or no grout lines to fail so they will be maintenance free longer.
Victoria Plumb and DBS are both large companies. I've not dealt with them personally but they do seem to have a good reputation on trustpilot as well as good returns / exchange policies.