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Acquisition (Detail Textuals) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Feb. 04, 2014 | Apr. 30, 2015 | Apr. 30, 2014 home_sites | Apr. 30, 2015 | Apr. 30, 2014 | Feb. 04, 2014 home_sites
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired |  |  |  |  | $ 1,489,116,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired |
Number of Homes to be Delivered |  | 4,387 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered |  | 4,387 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered |  |
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes |  | 3,480,000,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes |  | 3,480,000,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes |  |
Shapell [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition |  |  | Feb. 04, 2014 |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity |  |  | Shapell Industries, Inc. |  |  |
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement |  |  | Nov. 06, 2013 |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired | 1,490,000,000 us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  |
Number of home sites included in acquisition |  |  | 4,950 tol_Numberofhomesitesincludedinacquisition / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |
Number of Homes to be Delivered | 126 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  | 126 tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes | 105,300,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |  |  |  |  | 105,300,000 tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs |  | $ 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember | $ 5,100,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember | $ 0 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember | $ 5,900,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = tol_ShapellMember |

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