The house is 3 miles from Rhayader up the valley, I have been to Wales many times and I find the the Welsh far more friendly than the English to be fair.
We need to buy a landrover to get up to the house in the winter as it is on quite seep land but we have level fields at the top and the bottom.
WyeDyed, thankyou, I will remember that, we know little of the area but from what we have experienced so far through chatting to lots of people and driving around the area we are very impressed and more than happy to settle there.
Just a couple of pics:
The Elan Dam just a few minutes away:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m241/RATTER15/P1010013_zps725d8e56.jpg
The first part of the track up to the house, then it follows the tree line up to the left:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m241/RATTER15/20130516_123551_zpsa63a1158.jpg