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You would be lucky to get a painter in. Maybe if you had someone in your street.
I would try to scrape the whole lot to the left of the window off or at least score the paint in a straight line above the highest patch and scrape off below that line. It is the transition that shows but it's easier to fill and feather a straight line than a rough edge.
I use a 50mm scraper blade which is honed through use on plaster walls so it makes it easier to do without gouging. A 6" T handle scraper is likely to get it done fast and ensures you can get the small bits that are well adhered off but it's easier to gouge which means filling and it's not easy to fill small gouges. A plastic handle with a Stanley blade in is the cheapest option. If you're lucky it will fall off and maybe you have a tiny bit of sanding to do for any little bits that stick. I've stripped 20 times that area in 1/2 hour more than once.
If you are not sure the paint is badly adhered then you might want to skim the holes you have with filler, feather with a sponge and then lightly sand and paint. It will probably grin or flash a bit but you are not going to care after 3 months with a baby in the house. :)
good luck & bon courage
Airhead-
Merci bien. Honestly, super helpful your instructions for a DIY-newbie like me!
Will give it a shot at the weekend while the OH is away for a night. -
Sorry to bother you with another question, but when I get around to fixing the flaking paint in the bedroom, I should probably also do the hallway at the same time. Am I right to assume that I would just have to scrape off the paint in the affected areas, make hairline cracks a little wider in v-shape with a blade, then fill, sand and paint? Wondering in particular about the flaking paint along the edge between wall and ceiling. A builder who had a look said he would just put some painter's mate caulk, but that doesn't sound quite right to me.
Thanks so much!
plantasia
Thank so much for the detailed answer. I think the paint comes off fairly easily, as you say, and in the rest of the house, there are instances of tiny areas of paint flaking, which probably means the people who painted it really didn't wait long enough before painting.
How big an area would you recommend me to scrap off? I just worried about the transition between new and old paint?
! Also, this is probably too small a job to have much interest from a painter right? Mainly asking because wife is 8 months pregnant and getting it right on first straight away would obviously be nice.
Again, thanks so much