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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) communities home_sites | Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($) luxury_homes | Jan. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Nov. 07, 2016 USD ($) home_sites
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired |  | $ 85,183,000 |  | $ 0 |
Number of Homes to be Delivered | luxury_homes |  | 5,145 |  |  |
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes |  | $ 4,350,000,000 |  |  |
Coleman Holdings LLC [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired | $ 85,183,000 |  |  |  |
Number of home sites included in acquisition | home_sites | 1,750 |  |  |  |
Number of Homes to be Delivered | home_sites |  |  |  |  | 128
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes |  |  |  |  | $ 38,800,000
Average Sales Price of Backlog |  |  |  |  | $ 303,000
Business acquisition, number of selling communities | communities | 15 |  |  |  |

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