Contact him and give in 72 hours to return them and tell him if they are not returned, you will contact the police and take him to court.Then start looking for gently used appliances for sale.

I offered him $540,000 and I gently asked him if he would finance the 20% down, then I would pay him 8% interest for 1 or 2 years.  

The vast majority of those I know in STR similarly posting massive numbers and profits, same story, it was not obvious and apparent, and we had our own special twist on things we were going to do, and we built it as a business.     

The numbers tell the story and don't twist the numbers to fit the project. 

Here is a twist on the topic of in service.

Kind of a BRRRR method with a twist.

In southern California there are 3 different signs to every pole, on every freeway off ramp, and even twist tied to stop signs.

.  ;-) J why don't you just twist his arm?  

A twist on this would be to rent your new property with an option for you to purchase when your old property sells. 

Tenant moves the boxes into another room.Have your workers gently move the furniture and cover with blankets.I don't know how messy the window/door guys are but maybe they have to jigsaw out the old windows, plane the doors and create dust...