# House number already exists (but it doesn't)
**URL:** https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818
**Category:** House Numbers (Addresses)
**Created:** [September 25, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818 "2015-09-25T13:53:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Red-Fairview](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Red-Fairview)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818/1 "2015-09-25T13:53:58Z")
While adding house numbers, Waze gave me an error that said “Number already exists”. The street only has 9 houses, so I know that I didn’t overlook a duplicate. I did a search of the map and found that their is another street in Georgia with the same street name and house number, just in a different city. Can this cause Waze to report it as an error, or is there something else wrong?
I looked through the House Numbers in WME wiki, but didn’t find anything that related to this problem, or that I could fix at my level.
The GPS coordinates for the house: -82.24334 33.49316
Address:
107 Fred Ct.
Grovetown, GA 30813
Its the only on on the street without a house number at the moment.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@jdeyoung](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/jdeyoung)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818/2 "2015-09-25T14:47:06Z")
Noticed that Fred Ct there is not listed as Grovetown, it is “no city”.
If the other one is also “no city”, then it could be the cause of the duplicate.
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### Author:  [@Red-Fairview](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Red-Fairview)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818/3 "2015-09-26T00:18:35Z")
My understanding is that roads that fall outside the city limits, aren’t supposed to have a city. You are correct, both Fred Courts show no city. Is there a recommended action to fix this?
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### Author:  [@russblau](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/russblau)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818/4 "2015-09-26T10:44:22Z")
If you just want to work around the problem:
1. Add a city name to the street, any city will do.
2. Add the house number, and save it.
3. Change the street back to “no city”, and save it.
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### Author:  [@Red-Fairview](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Red-Fairview)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818/5 "2015-09-26T11:23:17Z")
Thanks, I will change it this evening when I get a chance.
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### Author:  [@Red-Fairview](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/Red-Fairview)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818/6 "2015-09-27T02:51:09Z")
Worked like a charm.Thanks for the help.
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### Author:  [@citeman](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/citeman)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818/7 "2015-11-21T20:59:35Z")
> [@Red-Fairview](#):
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> My understanding is that roads that fall outside the city limits, aren’t supposed to have a city. You are correct, both Fred Courts show no city. Is there a recommended action to fix this?
And this is the exact reason why we need to start using the postal city and not worry about actual city borders. Unless Waze wants to give us postal(zip) codes…
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### Author:  [@SeveriorumPatrem](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/SeveriorumPatrem)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/house-number-already-exists-but-it-doesnt/246818/8 "2016-07-16T21:17:00Z")
Good solution, I needed to find a way around this myself. However, one suggestion: Instead of using a City name (chance of making a new db entry if it doesn’t match an existing nearby city), just change the road name temporarily and then change that back instead.