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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2013 | Oct. 31, 2012
Additional Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |
Number of years to complete a community | 4 years |  |
Number of years to complete a master planned community | 10 years |  |
Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Property, Plant, and Equipment | $ 171,100,000 us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment | $ 159,500,000 us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment |
Depreciation | 13,400,000 us-gaap_Depreciation | 10,800,000 us-gaap_Depreciation | 8,100,000 us-gaap_Depreciation
Advertising Expense | 15,600,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 11,600,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense | 11,400,000 us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
warranty period, structural integrity | 10 years |  |
Construction defect claims, reported and resolved, period of time | 10 years |  |
More Likely Than Not Definition Threshold | 50.00%tol_MoreLikelyThanNotDefinitionThreshold |  |
Gibraltar [Member] |  |  |
Additional Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |
Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities, Provision for Loan Losses | 1,500,000 us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesProvisionForLoanLosses1 / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tol_GibraltarMember | 700,000 us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesProvisionForLoanLosses1 / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tol_GibraltarMember | 2,300,000 us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesProvisionForLoanLosses1 / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tol_GibraltarMember
Impairment of Real Estate | $ 1,358,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tol_GibraltarMember | $ 505,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tol_GibraltarMember | $ 126,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tol_GibraltarMember
Consolidated venture [Member] |  |  |
Additional Significant Accounting Policies (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |
Subsidiary of Company, Ownership Percentage by Parent | 67.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tol_ConsolidatedVentureMember |  |
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners | 33.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByNoncontrollingOwners / dei_LegalEntityAxis = tol_ConsolidatedVentureMember |  |

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- Definition Number of years to fully develop, sell and deliver all the homes in a community. + References No definition available. + Details
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