hi mate, thanks for your reply.
well im very current single IFR, so im hoping there wont be too much work involved with multi. im swinging towards option two aswell. As i think having an extra 35 hours Multi is more beneficial than 8ish PIC..
There is no minimum requirment for Multi IFR, you just need a multi rating and competancy check. so in theory i could do it in 5 hours ( i wish )