My son has seasonal allergies and we moved into our new construction in January. About 5 days later, the runny nose, sneezing, etc., started. We were at our ped's office for something unrelated (I was chalking it up to a cold) and she suggested we start his Claritin does at the time, instead of waiting until March. Cleared it right up, and stayed on the Claritin through his allergy season in June. Coincidence, I don't know, but our experience. We did have a ton of dust for months and our vents had been cleaned before we moved in.