Yep - that's the stuff, absolutely crazy stuff. Think we're going to overboard the upstairs bedrooms
I reskimmed two rooms last summer on top of lath and plaster. It was not good.
have you spoken to any skip companies? most can come up with something - lots will drop over a garden wall if that's possible (actually easy if it's low enough)
Yes. Badly. And then sold it before the cracks showed through :C
Borrowed a small scaffold tower off a mate to do it - 12 foot high ceilings, NOT FUN!
From some of those photos it looks like it's half done - which I'm guessing is wrong, and that's all the "before" shots :-D
I know I've already said it, but I'll say it again - get everything done. Not extensions etc, but everything you realistically can. The massive clean-up of removing the ceilings, wall coverings etc is worth it in the long run. Also, I believe you have a suspended ground floor - so insulate it, just do it well.
Removing walls and ceilings is going to make all the electrics, plumbing and insulation a LOT easier, so yay!
Run plenty of electrical points, network cables (I used CAT5e FTP because overkill) and if you need it coax (WF100). You can use a full CAT5e cable with active adapters to carry HDMI if you want, or two with passive adapters. If you want to carry analog audio, that's a bit different.
I didn't run quite as many sockets and light switches as I should've unfortunately, but enough...
Plumbing isn't terribly hard, just make sure you pressure check - it has been known *cough* to find floor boards screwed through copper pipes. No, it wasn't me, thanks - but it was our house. Oh, we used Spax flooring screws for the boards - they just seem a bit more secure.
I'm sure you have plenty of people to draw on for advice, but if we can help, ask away.
Definitely ethernet everywhere. I also ran some building type string (?) with all cables in case I need to run more another time.
I didn't do the renovation on mine (bought already renovated) so couldn't get network cables everywhere without ruining brand new carpet. Thankfully due to it being rewired homeplugs work very well where needed.
Sockets and light under the stairs, in the meter cupboard if indoors (I've got my satellite receiver and cables coming into there), in the attic. Sockets both sides of the bed. On the chimney breast with cable management if you like TVs there.
Haha, oh dear. Have you plastered some houses down here too? :) Plasterers make it look so easy.
Aye, I'm not bad at most DIY jobs (though I try to avoid anything with live electricity) and plastering's always been something that eluded me. I wonder if I could do a part time course in it on an evening? The cost of that would massively offset what I'd need to pay a plasterer to sort out our house.
I'm sure a course would help, but I'll suspect experience is worth a lot more.
Also don't skimp on the preparation work.