Should you test air quality of new condo?

[danel]

We've agreed to move into a new (recently built) condo and one of the real estate agents that we rejected responded with this when they heard what condo we'd had an offer accepted on...

"that's a newly TOP project. Normally people that are pregnant or have a baby are reluctant to rent that due to smell/Formaldehyde. Normally buyer would let it vacant and ventilated for a few months before moving in"

Is that just pure sour grapes or is that actually standard practise in Singapore in terms of allowing the place to be vacant/ventilated for many months before renting? Am I safe in assuming that Singapore standards would be pretty rigorous when it comes to testing the air quality of a condo after a build is completed? Or should I pay for a contractor to test it before we move in?

[PNGMK]

It dissipates quickly.

[x9200]

We've agreed to move into a new (recently built) condo and one of the real estate agents that we rejected responded with this when they heard what condo we'd had an offer accepted on...

"that's a newly TOP project. Normally people that are pregnant or have a baby are reluctant to rent that due to smell/Formaldehyde. Normally buyer would let it vacant and ventilated for a few months before moving in"

Is that just pure sour grapes or is that actually standard practise in Singapore in terms of allowing the place to be vacant/ventilated for many months before renting? Am I safe in assuming that Singapore standards would be pretty rigorous when it comes to testing the air quality of a condo after a build is completed? Or should I pay for a contractor to test it before we move in?

Buy one of these inexpensive TOVC monitors. If it shows elevated values do the tests.