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Acquisitions (Detail Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Detail Textuals) (USD $)	Oct. 31, 2014 luxury_homes	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2014 home_sites communities	Jan. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014	Jan. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2014	Feb. 04, 2014 home_sites	Nov. 02, 2011 luxury_homes	Aug. 01, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	$ 1,489,116,000		$ 144,746,000
Number of Homes to be Delivered	3,679tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered			3,679tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered		3,679tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered		3,679tol_NumberOfHomesToBeDelivered
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes	2,720,000,000tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes			2,720,000,000tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes		2,720,000,000tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes		2,720,000,000tol_SalesValueOfOutstandingDeliverHomes
Shapell [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition	Feb. 04, 2014
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity	Shapell Industries, Inc.
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement	Nov. 06, 2013
Number of home sites included in acquisition				4,950
Business acquisition, number of selling communities				11
Number of Homes to be Delivered										126
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes										105,300,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt and Equity					815,700,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs	6,100,000	1,400,000				5,300,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual						300,800,000
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual						37,200,000
CamWest Development LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Name of Acquired Entity							CamWest Development LLC
Number of home sites included in acquisition			1,499
Business acquisition, number of selling communities			15
Number of Homes to be Delivered											29
Sales Value of Outstanding Deliver Homes											13,700,000
Number of Homes Delivered			201
Average Price Of Homes In Backlog											471,000
Aggregate Value of Homes Delivered			99,700,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity												1,035,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Shapell [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit								370,000,000
Five year term note [Member] \| Shapell [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 15,000,000								$ 485,000,000