Inventory and Capitalized Interest Inventory Parentheticals (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Parantheticals - Inventory [Abstract]
Model Home Accumulated Depreciation	$ 12,795	$ 11,835

Accumulated depreciation related to our model homes in inventory.

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Name:	mho_ModelHomeAccumulatedDepreciation
Namespace Prefix:	mho_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant