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pj's comments about the benefits of OTP are spot on. No matter how much reading or research you do, you probably won't really know what you want until you've ridden around on an OTP bike for a good few months and ogled all the other fixed wheels on the roads. You can probably then sell it on on eBay in the current climate for scarcely less than you paid for it, and then buy something that really suits.
I nearly bought a Condor Pista a while ago, but instead got a Fuji Track and am so pleased both that I didn't get the Condor (nothing wrong with it, just really not the bike I'd like to ride any more) and that I did buy the Fuji, which is really good value. Stuff like handlebars and brake leavers, for example; you won't know what you like until you try them, and think of how much you save by not buying some super nice Nitto bars with Record levers, then realising six months later that you prefer high risers, etc.
That's what I'd do. I'd also not bother with the custom measurements unless you want a custom bike - money would be better spent on a nice pair of shoes or Rapha.