Well, all I can say that to go straight from 40ish+ hours PPL to variable pitch props, retractable undercarriage, IMC flying on a regular basis might be a bit ambitious straight away. . .Fair enough it seems a fairly straight fwd thing to do, after all its only 60 kts of an increase in cruise speed. But to be honest you are used to a fairly low cockpit workload environment and the jump might be more than you imagined. I know from experience that the jump from Bulldog (90kts) to Tucano (180-240kts), retractable etc was a big leap initially. Obviousely it calms down as you get used to it but combined with your IMC rating straight off the bat might cost you more in extra hours just getting over the learning hurdle and catching up with the aircraft, rather than waterskiing behind it.. .If I was you, and its only advice. I would get my IMC on an aircraft you are used to, then build up a bit of IF experience before blasting off cross channel in **** weather, in an aircraft you are trying to get to grips with controlling rather than flying with any situational awareness.
Sorry for rambling, I just think its a bit ambitious thats all. But best of luck with whatever you choose to do. Any flying is f*cking great fun.