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except for the curtain poles where you are likely to be under tooled.
My basic 18v Bosch brushed drill driver can drill into pretty much anything (inc Eng Bricks). Won't necessarily get many holes per charge, but I only get out my cabled SDS for massive holes (drilling 25mm holes 30cm deep to run pipes / cables through walls).
Its the concrete lintels in older houses that frustrate normal hammer drills corded or cordless , the SDS is perfect for popping a neat hole for a rawl plug , its the difference between should do the job and will do the job.
As above, 18v if you need to drive 100mm screws all day, use big auger bits and hole saws. Otherwise 10.8/12v will be fine, I have Bosch but would look at Makita CXT with the slide on batteries, and a 240v SDS plus. BIL has Milwaukee 12v, sparky who is very hard on tools, heavy duty tools but again overkill for DIY really, not sure what the price comparison is.
OP - Surely there are other tools/things to spend your money on!
I've got cordless and corded sds drills and sometimes even they can't get through some things.
That's when I grab my pneumatic Hitachi sds and I haven't found anything it can't get through. Probably way more than you need though.
As well as my Makita's I've also got the Milwaukee impact driver and it's a great bit of kit.
Over budget and over tooled for your needs, but it might help somebody. YESS electrical have an offer atm with a milwaukee twin kit, 2 5.0ah batteries and charger in a case for £250 ish inc. vat.