Supplemental Guarantor Information Supplemental Guarantor Information (Level 4 Textuals) (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2014
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Supplemental Guarantor Information, guarantor subsidiary release provisions	The indentures further provide that any Guarantor Subsidiary may be released from its guarantee so long as (i) no default or event of default exists or would result from release of such guarantee; (ii) the Guarantor Subsidiary being released has consolidated net worth of less than 5% of the Company’s consolidated net worth as of the end of the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter; (iii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries released from their guarantees in any fiscal year comprise in the aggregate less than 10% (or 15% if and to the extent necessary to permit the cure of a default) of the Company’s consolidated net worth as of the end of the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter; (iv) such release would not have a material adverse effect on the home building business of the Company and its subsidiaries; and (v) the Guarantor Subsidiary is released from its guaranty under the Credit Facility. If there are no guarantors under the Credit Facility, all Guarantor Subsidiaries under the indentures will be released from their guarantees.
Supplemental Guarantor Information, consolidated net worth of released guarantor subsidiary	5.00%
supplemental guarantor information, consolidated net worth of all released guarantor subsidiaries	10.00%
supplemental guarantor information, consolidated net worth, all released guarantor subs, default cure	15.00%
Subsidiary of Common Parent [Member]
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Subsidiary of Company, Ownership Percentage by Parent	100.00%
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Entity Information [Line Items]
Subsidiary of Company, Ownership Percentage by Parent	100.00%