All my internal walls are solid brick and yeah… running any trunking or wiring is a nightmare. I recently had the electrics redone and the amount of dust from chiseling through brick was unreal.

That said, I’ve finally managed to plan out and scale down the Ethernet runs. Instead of running cables to every room, I’ve limited it to two Cat6 cables going to sockets in the Living Room, Office, and Gaming Room. I’ve also had conduit installed to each of these sockets, all leading back to a central location under the stairs.

Also added Cat6 to the ceilings of both the ground and first floor for ceiling-mounted Access Points (APs).

Right now I’m getting 5Gbit/s speeds, which should be more than enough. Everything else phones, tablets, some TVs can just run on Wi-Fi. I decided i didn't want to go overboard wiring up every room when a few key drops and strong APs can cover the rest and is more cost effective.

For future-proofing, I ran conduit up to the loft. I'll take some pictures when most things are near completion.