The Ren Ren Team: a relatively small group of individuals, who have come together to collate various documents (relating to naming of streets, alleys and public spaces and the numbering of doors), capture the information and present the data in a meaningful manner to the user at large.

The Ren Ren Team tries to attend to the feedback received, in order to improve the system, mindful that no system is perfect and all systems evolve.

The naming and renaming of streets, alleys, gardens, public spaces, and the numbering and renumbering of doors, replicates the history of Malta, belied by the naming conventions which have varied considerably over the last 140 years. The use of different languages, the development of the Maltese language with its present grammatical rules, lead to a mix of data, which in itself depicts the development and cultural changes, over the years. Just note house-names which have evolved over the years. For ease of use, the system is geared to recognize only the basic Latin alphabet. In the case of accented vowels, the vowel is followed by an accent. The system DOES NOT recognize other consonants, including 'ĊċĠġĦħŻż' and accented vowels.

A suggestion on how to use the system: stick to the basics, search for "Muscat" and not for "Triq Patri Guze' Muscat", search for "Ant" as opposed to "Sant'Antnin", "Sant' Antnin", "San Anton", or "San Antonio". To this end, the system provides an Informal Search facility, allowing for the refinement of the actual Search. At any time, the system will return a maximum 20 entries.

Literally, there are tens of thousands of entries to search on, with a mix of Italian, English, Maltese (in its present and earlier versions, where "Triq" was written as "Trieq").

Over time, some names and localities have changed considerably, noting that the definitive boundaries of localities were only promulgated with the introduction of the Local Councils Act in the early 1990s. "Caccia" is now "Xaghra, Gozo" and "Imsierah" is "San Gwann", previously part of Birkirkara, San Gwann or San Giljan. The responsibility for the re-/naming of streets and re-/numbering of doors has over the years been entrusted to so many different ministries and entities, and at times seemingly not entrusted to anyone.

The systems used presently have some reference which do not automatically refer to the locality. Thus "San Giljan" having as its postcode "STJ" (the English variant, to distinguish it from the locality of San Gwann), and "Rabat, Gozo" having is postcode "VCT" (the old name of this locality, Victoria, in order to distinguish it from Rabat, Malta).

Feedback is always welcome to improve the system.

Notwithstanding efforts made, there are a number of doors, whose numbers seem never to have been published in an official manner. A 2019 notice appearing in the Government Gazette, makes reference to "Sanctioning" of door numbers. The residents must have taken the matter in hand, sequentially numbering the doors.

It is no small wonder that with the "colourful" mix of names/systems/methods used, no guarantee can be given to the exhaustiveness or the total accuracy of the results provided.

To get benefits from the system, you must have a top-up minimum balance. Refunds from topped-up balances are not available. Top-up amounts are to be utilised within 1 year.