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Inventory (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012
Temporarily Closed communities |  |  |
Inventory Write-down | $ 20,678 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown | $ 4,523 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown | $ 14,739 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown
Land controlled for future communities [Member] |  |  |
Temporarily Closed communities |  |  |
Inventory Write-down | 3,123 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandControlledForFutureCommunitiesMember | 1,183 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandControlledForFutureCommunitiesMember | 451 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandControlledForFutureCommunitiesMember
Land Owned for Future Communities [Member] |  |  |
Temporarily Closed communities |  |  |
Number of Communities | 16 tol_NumberOfTemporarilyClosedCommunities / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandOwnedforFutureCommunitiesMember | 25 tol_NumberOfTemporarilyClosedCommunities / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandOwnedforFutureCommunitiesMember | 40 tol_NumberOfTemporarilyClosedCommunities / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandOwnedforFutureCommunitiesMember
Carrying Value | 122,015 tol_TemporarilyClosedCommunitiesCarryingValue / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandOwnedforFutureCommunitiesMember | 153,498 tol_TemporarilyClosedCommunitiesCarryingValue / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandOwnedforFutureCommunitiesMember | 240,307 tol_TemporarilyClosedCommunitiesCarryingValue / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandOwnedforFutureCommunitiesMember
Inventory Write-down |  |  | 1,218 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_LandOwnedforFutureCommunitiesMember
Operating communities [Member] |  |  |
Temporarily Closed communities |  |  |
Number of Communities | 9 tol_NumberOfTemporarilyClosedCommunities / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember | 15 tol_NumberOfTemporarilyClosedCommunities / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember | 5 tol_NumberOfTemporarilyClosedCommunities / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember
Carrying Value | 42,092 tol_TemporarilyClosedCommunitiesCarryingValue / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember | 88,534 tol_TemporarilyClosedCommunitiesCarryingValue / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember | 34,685 tol_TemporarilyClosedCommunitiesCarryingValue / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember
Inventory Write-down | $ 17,555 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember | $ 3,340 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember | $ 13,070 us-gaap_InventoryWriteDown / us-gaap_PublicUtilitiesInventoryAxis = tol_OperatingcommunitiesMember

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