Let's do this

So, the more that we look at the Sewickley floor plan, the more we like it. Unfortunately, there is no model home on display, so we can only go by the floor plan and our imagination. The Sewickley is a slightly smaller version of the Fox Chapel model, so it's not too difficult to imagine, but with one key difference. Having an attached side garage instead of an integral garage gives you a massive basement the size of the whole house. Then, you can also get the alternate master suite option, which puts the master over the garage, enlarges the other three bedrooms, and gives a two-story entry. This makes up for the smaller initial square footage and gives us exactly what we are looking for.
We discussed it and did a lot of research over Thanksgiving, so that we were ready to discuss this with our SR, Michael, today. Michael gave us all of our options and was pretty candid about some negatives that we faced, but did convince us to go for it. He came into the office on his day off, while he was working on a personal project for this. I understand that as a salesman, this is not unusual, but I still appreciated his dedication.
We went over everything with Michael, including costs, flooring, writing, and floor plan options at a high level. It all worked well, until we went to the available lots. There are only five lots available wide enough for an attached garage and graded for a level entry and a walk out basement. We checked out the lots and were not thrilled. They are all highway-side and have a noticeable amount of sound pollution. There is a ravine between the phase four and phase five lots where there are no trees to block the noise and the available lots are right next to that area. Since these were the only lots able to the wide footprint of a Sewickley with an attached garage, we didn't have much of choice, so we decided to go for it!