My girlfriend was not a fan of pieds either, but after a few months she's starting to come around to our girl. She's about a 50% white normal pied so there's a decent amount of pattern. It definitely sounds like you have done your research and are well prepared. Like others have said get a female first if you plan on breeding and be ready to wait 1.5-2 years before breeding. General weights for breeding females is over 1500 grams but most say wait until 1800-2000+