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Accrued Expenses (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2015 | Apr. 30, 2014 | Apr. 30, 2015 | Apr. 30, 2014
Changes in the warranty accrual |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of year | $ 84,695 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual | $ 42,688 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual | $ 86,282 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual | $ 43,819 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual
Additions - homes closed during the year | 4,335 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued | 4,205 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued | 8,253 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued | 7,302 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualWarrantiesIssued
Standard Product Warranty Accrual, Additions from Business Acquisition |  | 9,244 us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualAdditionsFromBusinessAcquisition |  | 9,244 us-gaap_StandardProductWarrantyAccrualAdditionsFromBusinessAcquisition
Charges incurred | (6,414)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments | (4,635)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments | (12,787)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments | (9,207)us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPayments
Balance, end of year | 83,057 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual | 52,579 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual | 83,057 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrual | 52,579 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 | $ 441 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPreexistingIncreaseDecrease / tol_ChangeinwarrantyaccrualforhomesclosedinpriorperiodAxis = tol_WarrantychangehomesclosedinpriorperiodotherMember | $ 1,077 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPreexistingIncreaseDecrease / tol_ChangeinwarrantyaccrualforhomesclosedinpriorperiodAxis = tol_WarrantychangehomesclosedinpriorperiodotherMember | $ 1,309 us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualPreexistingIncreaseDecrease / tol_ChangeinwarrantyaccrualforhomesclosedinpriorperiodAxis = tol_WarrantychangehomesclosedinpriorperiodotherMember | $ 1,421 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 FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph ((c)(5)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51674963&loc=d3e12565-110249 + Details
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