Peter Bernaerts writes the following:
Domestic brick modernism, it seems contradictory. What was quickly described by the general public, especially around mid-1930 in Turnhout, as cold and distant, the Schellekens house is anything but. The duplex, one part of which could be visited with gifted storyteller, son Peter Schellekens as guide, conceals behind its façade a charming ensemble of rather small, comfortable rooms of which the waiting room, the office and the dining room with cosy sitting area particularly invite the visitor to reflect on space and its efficient use. Clever sight lines and painted walls in constantly changing, fresh colours make this dwelling, built for himself in 1936, a delight to wander through. As a visitor, but probably also as a resident. It honours the heirs of the architect who died young, and who also put his signature on the Open Air Theatre of Deurne, to have saved this beacon of new thinking in interwar architecture from demolition. Although upon leaving, one continued to ponder the thermal bridges and the silent decay to which such visionary dwellings are subject. Being listed may not mean that the monument should be left out in the cold. The Schellekens House, warmly recommended.
