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Loans Payable, Senior Notes and Mortgage Company Loan Facility Senior Notes Payable (Details Textual 4) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Jan. 31, 2015 debtissuances | Jan. 31, 2014 | Apr. 30, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Mar. 16, 2004 | Nov. 12, 2013 | Nov. 13, 2013
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of issuances of senior debt | 8 tol_NumberOfIssuancesOfSeniorDebt |  |  |  |  |  |
Issued Senior Notes | $ 2,655,421,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes |  |  | $ 2,655,044,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes |  |  |
Proceeds from Issuance of Senior Long-term Debt |  | 600,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt |  |  |  |  |
Senior Notes Issued for Cash [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issued Senior Notes | 2,657,400,000 us-gaap_SeniorNotes / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_SeniorNotesIssuedForCashMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Four Point Nine Fine Percent Senior Notes Due two thousand and fourteen [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Repayments of Senior Debt |  |  | 268,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage |  |  |  |  | 4.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourPointNineFinePercentSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandAndFourteenMember |  |
Four percent Senior Notes due two thousand and eighteen [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Issuance of Senior Long-term Debt |  | 350,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 4.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |
Proceeds from Debt, Net of Issuance Costs |  | 596,200,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FourpercentSeniorNotesduetwothousandandeighteenMember |  |  |  |  |
five point six two five percent Senior notes due twenty twenty four [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senior Note Payable (Textual) [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proceeds from Issuance of Senior Long-term Debt |  | $ 250,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FivepointsixtwofivepercentSeniornotesduetwentytwentyfourMember

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- Definition Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 22 -Article 5 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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