Inventories - Summary of repurchased homes and subsequent sale of those homes under the Finance Revenue Sharing Agreement (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 03, 2013 Home	Aug. 04, 2012 Home	Aug. 03, 2013 Home	Aug. 04, 2012 Home
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Homes repurchased	0	0	0	3
Cost of repurchased homes	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 192,417
Number of repurchased homes sold	8	9	17	25
Cost of repurchased homes sold	541,682	748,175	1,101,407	1,756,087
Liquidation costs of repurchased homes sold	263,558	116,965	424,972	196,330
Impact upon results of operations	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0