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Consider using solid tongue and groove boards instead of paneling... drop ceiling tiles can be repainted or replaced as needed. Your electrical situation is cheap and easy if you run the conduit yourself and get an electrician to staple and join things up.
 
Do you have or know any construction or hands on types in your family or friends network? Your situation is far cheaper than most if you have somebody who knows the building codes and how to do the easy work yourself.
 
Drop ceilings and cheap paneling will make your renovation so easy. Reach out to who you know for advice. Most of the things you can do with simple Youtubes.
 
I remodeled an upstairs apartment above 1800's shopfront when I was 23. Drop ceilings and gross paneling...There was no youtube then. You can do this easily.
 
If that's what you want, go for it. I hate houses. My perfect home would be a modern super stealth high top roofed extended van. But that's just me....