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Loans Payable, Senior Notes, and Mortgage Company Loan Facility (Details Textual 1) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012 | Nov. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2013 | Apr. 30, 2013 | Feb. 29, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Sep. 05, 2012 | Feb. 07, 2012 | Nov. 22, 2002 | Nov. 12, 2013 | Sep. 03, 2003 | May 13, 2013 | Apr. 03, 2013 | Jan. 31, 2014 | Mar. 05, 2012 | Nov. 13, 2013
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of Holding In Subsidiary | 100.00%tol_PercentageOfHoldingInSubsidiary |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00%tol_PercentageOfHoldingInSubsidiary |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional common share if convertible debt exchanged | 5,900,000 tol_Additionalcommonsharesifconvertibledebtexchanged |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issued Senior Notes | $ 2,655,044,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes | $ 2,321,442,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes |  |  |  | $ 2,321,442,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes |  |  |  | $ 2,655,044,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes | 600,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt | 400,383,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt | 578,696,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Costs associated with the exchange of both series of notes |  |  | 1,200,000 tol_DebtExchangedCosts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of Senior Debt | 267,960,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt | 163,853,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt | 0 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
6.875% Senior notes due 2012 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwelveMember | 6.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwelveMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Exchanged |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 80,700,000 tol_SeniorNotesExchanged / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwelveMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of Senior Debt |  |  |  | 59,100,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_SixPointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwelveMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.0% Senior Notes due 2018 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes | 4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  | 4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Issued Senior Notes | 350,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember | 0 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  | 0 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  | 350,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Debt, Net of Issuance Costs | 596,200,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes | 350,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.95% Senior notes due 2013 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointNineFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirteenMember |  |  | 5.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointNineFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirteenMember |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Exchanged |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36,900,000 tol_SeniorNotesExchanged / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointNineFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of Senior Debt |  |  |  |  | 104,800,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointNineFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.375% Senior Notes due 2023 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes | 4.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |  |  |  | 4.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member | 4.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |
percentage above par, senior debt issued |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 103.00%tol_Percentageaboveparseniordebtissued / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |  |
Issued Senior Notes | 400,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member | 400,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |  | 400,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |  | 400,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |  |  |  | 100,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member | 300,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |
Proceeds from Debt, Net of Issuance Costs |  |  |  |  |  | 102,300,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member | 298,100,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_A4375SeniorNotesDue2023Member |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
4.95% Senior Notes due 2014 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes | 4.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |
Issued Senior Notes | 0 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember | 267,960,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |  |  | 267,960,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |  |  | 0 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of Senior Debt | 268,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5.875 % senior notes due 2022 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes | 5.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |  | 5.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issued Senior Notes | 419,876,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember | 419,876,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |  |  |  | 419,876,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |  |  |  | 419,876,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |  | 300,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  | 119,900,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 296,200,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivePointEightSevenFivePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndTwentyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2032 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes | 0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember | 0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional common share if convertible debt exchanged |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,900,000 tol_Additionalcommonsharesifconvertibledebtexchanged / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Conversion, Convertible, number of shares issued per note exchanged |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20.3749 tol_Debtinstrumentconvertiblenumberofsharesissuedpernote / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PrincipalAmountDenomination |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000 tol_Principalamountdenomination / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49.08 us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1 / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issued Senior Notes | 287,500,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember | 287,500,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  | 287,500,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  | 287,500,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember | 287,500,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 282,500,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_ZeroPointFivePercentExchangeableSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndThirtyTwoMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
five point six two five percent Senior notes due twenty twenty four [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate on notes | 5.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember
Issued Senior Notes | 250,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember | 0 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember |  |  |  | 0 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember |  |  |  | 250,000,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes | $ 250,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sept2012HoldersofDebtInstrument [Member] | 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2032 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Terms of Conversion Feature |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Holders of the 0.5% Senior Notes will have the right to require Toll Brothers Finance Corp. to repurchase their notes for cash equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest, on each of December 15, 2017; September 15, 2022; and September 15, 2027. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sept2012CompanyConversionRighttoDebtInstrument [Member] | 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes Due 2032 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Terms of Conversion Feature |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Toll Brothers Finance Corp. will have the right to redeem the 0.5% Senior Notes on or after September 15, 2017, for cash equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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