I am a duchess fan. I have flown in an out of some very short strips in it and awkward places, it has even been into Derby. We have done numerous air rally and long distance trips. Good on fuel for a twin, climbs well on one engine even at max weight. Can carry full fuel and 4 people and some bags legally and do it from 500m.
Ours has no de ice which is a bind and if I could find one with deice/anti ice at a fair price I would snap it up.
I also fly a Seneca I a lot, weird cross linked rudder and aileron but otherwise a nice bird, full deice, hot props flight director, GNS430 etc. A great tourer but a bit heavy on fuel for the speed it returns.
I fly around 350hrs a year and a 3rd to half of those or multi time, you cant beat a multi for pleasure but make sure you are buying one for the right reasons and actually have places to go to justify it. I keep my Cessna for shorter bimbles.
Dont get suckered into the belief that you are going to be safer in a twin than a single. If the donky quits and you are not VERY current you are still going down!
I fly the for the challenge, always aiming to keep myself ahead of the game. The casual twin flyers who rent a couple of ours a year to keep "current" are the ones that concern me. As Timothy and any of the other twin pilots here will confirm there is no substitute for currency.