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Out of interest, what would you pain that with, once repaired?
A lot of folks on our street have terrible peeling paintwork around this area, and on the cill below, and friends of ours had theirs repainted that has since blown in the space of six months.
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Over the last few years I've used Zinsser All Coat and it's held up well. Where I've seen failures it's where filler has been applied in thin coats on potentially dusty backgrounds.
Durable exterior work is hard though. I keep my eye on local stuff where I've seen progress and materials to see hows it's held up. Usually the quick jobs last a couple of years.
Airhead
I've been having some success with an IR stripper on that kind of paintwork. Either that or a sharp chisel and hammer. Toupret Murex is quite decent for filling cracks and refacing rough stuff.
It is a nasty job but that's a relatively small area and it's not as bad as some I've had to do.