A controversial building firm, which is involved in a number of projects in Pembrokeshire, is to go into liquidation.

Creditors of the Pembroke Dock-based My Home is My Castle, will meet on October 17th.

The collapse of the firm has left a number of customers facing unfinished homes and extensions.

One of them, Carol Cashman, who is seven months pregnant, says she and her two-year-old son are practically homeless after the company knocked down an extension but has not rebuilt it, leaving her without a bathroom and kitchen.

The company has been surrounded by controversy since it was set up in December 2003.

Managing director of My Home is My Castle, Peter Graf von der Pahlen, successfully fought an extradition order by the Austrian Government for fraud charges earlier this year.

During the High Court hearing his barrister said Mr von der Pahlen, a civil and structural engineer, specialised in the construction, marketing and sale of environmentally-sound family houses. His company was involved in 53 contracts in eight countries, he added.

Now My Home is My Castle and its work in Pembrokeshire and other parts of the UK has come under scrutiny. It was the subject of investigations by the ITV programme Wales This Week which was televised on Monday.

But Mr von der Pahlen's son Kai told the Western Telegraph: "We were prepared to be interviewed for the programme until we realised we were going to be asked some defamatory questions. We then decided to make a written statement."

The company has made its own allegations against Pembrokeshire County Council, reporting the authority to the Ombudsman.

My Home is My Castle claims it was mistreated' and discriminated against'. It has threatened to charge the council for the damage done to the company'.