diff --git a/server/utils/places.ts b/server/utils/places.ts
index 9367fc9..e87918f 100644
--- a/server/utils/places.ts
+++ b/server/utils/places.ts
@@ -24,15 +24,16 @@ export async function geocodeAddress(address: string, apiKey: string): Promise<G
 }
 
 // Non-commercial place types we never want cluttering discovery results
-// (transit stops, worship places, government/civic buildings, parks, schools).
+// (transit stops, worship places, government/civic buildings, parks, schools,
+// residential buildings).
 // See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/web-service/place-types
 // Note: not every plausible-looking type string is actually valid as an
 // excludedTypes value — Google rejects unknown ones with a 400 for the
 // whole request (confirmed: 'toll_booth' and 'point_of_interest' are NOT
 // accepted here, even though they're valid primaryType values on a place).
 const DEFAULT_EXCLUDED_TYPES = [
-  'bus_station', 'train_station', 'subway_station', 'light_rail_station',
-  'transit_station', 'airport', 'taxi_stand', 'ferry_terminal', 'heliport',
+  'bus_station', 'bus_stop', 'train_station', 'subway_station', 'light_rail_station',
+  'transit_station', 'transit_depot', 'airport', 'taxi_stand', 'ferry_terminal', 'heliport',
   'park', 'stadium',
   'mosque', 'church', 'hindu_temple', 'synagogue', 'cemetery',
   'parking', 'rest_stop',
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ const DEFAULT_EXCLUDED_TYPES = [
   'fire_station', 'police', 'post_office',
   'school', 'primary_school', 'secondary_school', 'university',
   'gas_station', 'atm', 'butcher_shop',
+  // Residential buildings: Google returns these next to street-level shops,
+  // but a block of flats has no owner to pitch to.
+  'apartment_building', 'apartment_complex', 'condominium_complex', 'housing_complex',
 ]
 
 // Types Google returns as a place's primaryType but refuses as an
@@ -113,7 +117,12 @@ export async function nearbySearch(
     body,
   })
 
-  const filtered = (res.places ?? []).filter(p => !POST_FILTER_EXCLUDED_TYPES.includes(p.primaryType ?? ''))
+  // A missing primaryType means Google has no supported category for the place
+  // at all. In practice these are half-registered map entries ("kırmızı el
+  // arabası", a person's name on a doorway) — never something to sell to.
+  const filtered = (res.places ?? [])
+    .filter(p => p.primaryType)
+    .filter(p => !POST_FILTER_EXCLUDED_TYPES.includes(p.primaryType!))
 
   return filtered.map((p) => {
     const reviews: ReviewSnippet[] = (p.reviews ?? [])