Here is some advice from a guy who has done both. I'm no expert but if you're not an expert either you may appreciate hearing the tales from somebody with your similar experience.
Seeding and Sodding are both relatively easy, but how much time you want to spend is the key factor.
Want to use your yard right away? Sod.
Want to keep working on your lawn for the next several weeks? Seed.
Seed is cheap, but it takes a lot more time to get it going. You have to hope that it will be warm to promote fast growth, and you have to water it every day, but not too much, but enough. You don't get to use your yard for a few weeks.
With sod, you lay it down, you water it everyday, you get to walk on it after 10 days.
Seeding is great to do small patches, or when you just want to overseed your already existing lawn. I have seeded in the past. I did a small area and it worked out great, but I was constantly watching it every day, watering before I went to work in the morning, sometimes when I came home at lunch and again in the evening. I lucked out because it was nice and warm during this time and that stimulated the growth. I did it again in another area and I didn't have great results. The weather wasn't great, it was nice for a few days then became cold and rainy, the rain washed away seeds and the end result was a very patchy looking lawn.
Last year I removed some shrubs, and this time I decided to just lay sod. I was planning on moving and wanted the front yard to be appealing to buyers. It was quick and easy and I was mad at myself for not deciding to lay sod the previous times. I bought enough sod to fix the patchy area that I had tried to seed a couple of years previous.
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