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Loans Payable, Senior Notes and Mortgage Company Loan Facility Term Loan Facility (Details Textual 1) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Apr. 30, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Oct. 31, 2014 | Apr. 30, 2015
Five year term note [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Term |  | 5 years |  |
Proceeds from Bank Debt | $ 485.0 us-gaap_ProceedsFromBankDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FiveyeartermnoteMember |  | $ 15.0 us-gaap_ProceedsFromBankDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FiveyeartermnoteMember |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate at Period End |  |  |  | 1.59%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = tol_FiveyeartermnoteMember
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent |  |  |  | 100.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent / dei_LegalEntityAxis = us-gaap_GuarantorSubsidiariesMember

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