[BogeyBoy]

I don't think it is unusual for something to be "borrowed" from one house to be installed on another. So for someone to go to a new house and remove something would not seem strange to a worker.

Here's an example: When our first house was being built here I drove by one day to check the progress. Only one worker was there and he was tinkering with the carriage light out front. I asked what he was doing and he said fixing the light. Drove by a half hour later and he - and the light - were gone. Just by chance I saw him at another house in the neighborhood installing "my" light. Of course by the time we closed all lights were in place, but who knows if he was told to go get that light to replace a broken/missing light or if he took it upon himself and my contractor had to go and procure another when he drove up and mine was gone.

So someone wheeling out a stove could simply state, "I'm taking it down to lot xxx-xx to replace a broken one because they are closing tomorrow." Then he drives it right on out of TV.