diff --git a/import_tickets.py b/import_tickets.py
index 353048a..97bbcca 100644
--- a/import_tickets.py
+++ b/import_tickets.py
@@ -357,6 +357,38 @@ def compose_query(location_name: str | None, cluster: str | None, region: str |
     return ", ".join(dict.fromkeys(parts))  # de-dupe while preserving order
 
 
+def compose_queries(location_name: str | None, cluster: str | None,
+                    region: str | None) -> list[str]:
+    """Ordered geocode candidates, most → least specific (two-pass estate fallback).
+
+    Building-level location_names (e.g. 'KAHAWA WENDANI ALVO HOUSE') aren't in OSM, so
+    the precise query 404s. We then fall back to the estate (leading tokens of the
+    place) — each still constrained to the cluster viewbox + distance check by the
+    caller, so a coarse hit lands in the right neighbourhood (tighter than the bare
+    cluster centroid). We deliberately do NOT add a pure-cluster candidate: that would
+    just reproduce the cluster centroid while mislabelling it geo_source='location';
+    a truly unmatchable ticket should keep its honest cluster-centroid fallback.
+    e.g. 'KAHAWA WENDANI ALVO HOUSE' -> ['KAHAWA WENDANI ALVO HOUSE, WENDANI, nairobi,
+             Kenya', 'KAHAWA WENDANI, nairobi, Kenya', 'KAHAWA, nairobi, Kenya']
+    """
+    region_part, cluster_part = clean(region), clean(cluster)
+    place = extract_place(location_name)
+    toks = place.split()
+    out: list[str] = []
+
+    def add(*parts: str | None) -> None:
+        q = ", ".join(dict.fromkeys([p for p in parts if p] + ["Kenya"]))
+        if q and q != "Kenya" and q not in out:
+            out.append(q)
+
+    add(place, cluster_part, region_part)                 # 1. full precise
+    if len(toks) > 2:
+        add(" ".join(toks[:2]), region_part)              # 2. estate (leading 2 tokens)
+    if len(toks) > 1:
+        add(toks[0], region_part)                         # 3. leading token (broad estate)
+    return out
+
+
 # ── keyed geocoder ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 def _throttle() -> None:
     global _last_geocode_at
@@ -496,26 +528,32 @@ def geocode_locations(apply: bool) -> None:
     log.info("%d actionable-INC locations to geocode (provider=%s)", len(todo), _PROVIDER)
     if not apply:
         for key, loc, cluster, region, clat, clng in todo[:50]:
-            log.info("  %s  ->  %r", key, compose_query(loc, cluster, region))
+            log.info("  %s  ->  %s", key, "  |  ".join(compose_queries(loc, cluster, region)))
         return
-    written = rejected = 0
+    written = missed = coarse = 0
     for key, loc, cluster, region, clat, clng in todo:
-        query = compose_query(loc, cluster, region)
         viewbox = None
         if clat is not None and clng is not None:
             viewbox = (clng - _VIEWBOX_DEG, clat - _VIEWBOX_DEG, clng + _VIEWBOX_DEG, clat + _VIEWBOX_DEG)
-        hit = geocode(query, viewbox)
+        # two-pass: precise → estate → cluster; accept the FIRST in-range hit. A wrong-area
+        # match (> MAX_KM from the cluster centroid) is skipped so we try a coarser query.
+        hit = used = None
+        for i, cand in enumerate(compose_queries(loc, cluster, region)):
+            g = geocode(cand, viewbox)
+            if not g:
+                continue
+            lat, lng, conf = g
+            if (clat is not None and clng is not None
+                    and _haversine_km(lat, lng, clat, clng) > _MAX_KM_FROM_CLUSTER):
+                continue
+            hit, used = g, cand
+            if i > 0:
+                coarse += 1
+            break
         if not hit:
+            missed += 1   # no match even coarsely — keeps cluster-centroid fallback
             continue
         lat, lng, conf = hit
-        # distance sanity: a result far from the cluster centroid is a wrong-city
-        # match — drop it so the ticket keeps the cluster-centroid fallback.
-        if clat is not None and clng is not None:
-            km = _haversine_km(lat, lng, clat, clng)
-            if km > _MAX_KM_FROM_CLUSTER:
-                rejected += 1
-                log.info("  reject (%.0f km from cluster): %s", km, query)
-                continue
         with get_conn() as conn:
             with conn.cursor() as cur:
                 cur.execute(
@@ -526,13 +564,14 @@ def geocode_locations(apply: bool) -> None:
                          SET location_name = EXCLUDED.location_name, cluster = EXCLUDED.cluster,
                              region = EXCLUDED.region, query = EXCLUDED.query, lat = EXCLUDED.lat,
                              lng = EXCLUDED.lng, confidence = EXCLUDED.confidence, provider = EXCLUDED.provider""",
-                    (key, loc, cluster, region, query, lat, lng, conf, _PROVIDER),
+                    (key, loc, cluster, region, used, lat, lng, conf, _PROVIDER),
                 )
         written += 1
-        log.info("  geocoded %s -> %.5f, %.5f", query, lat, lng)
+        log.info("  geocoded %s -> %.5f, %.5f", used, lat, lng)
     n = _resolve()
-    log.info("locations: %d accepted, %d rejected (too far); re-resolved geom on %d tickets "
-             "(unverified — review tickets.geo_locations)", written, rejected, n)
+    log.info("locations: %d accepted (%d via estate/cluster fallback), %d unmatched; "
+             "re-resolved geom on %d tickets (unverified — review tickets.geo_locations)",
+             written, coarse, missed, n)
 
 
 def _resolve() -> int: