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Accrued Expenses (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015 | Jan. 31, 2014
Changes in the warranty accrual |  |
Balance, beginning of year | $ 86,282 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual | $ 43,819 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual
Additions - homes closed during the year | 3,918 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued | 3,097 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued
Charges incurred | (6,373)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments | (4,572)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments
Balance, end of year | 84,695 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual | 42,688 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual
Warranty change, homes closed in prior period, other [Member] |  |
Changes in the warranty accrual |  |
Increase (decrease) to accruals for homes closed in prior periods | $ 868 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPreexistingIncreaseDecrease / tol_ChangeinwarrantyaccrualforhomesclosedinpriorperiodAxis = tol_WarrantychangehomesclosedinpriorperiodotherMember | $ 344 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPreexistingIncreaseDecrease / tol_ChangeinwarrantyaccrualforhomesclosedinpriorperiodAxis = tol_WarrantychangehomesclosedinpriorperiodotherMember

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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for estimated claims under standard and extended warranty protection rights granted to customers. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 210 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.15(5)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph 5 -Article 9 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph ((c)(5)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6398077&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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