I've noticed that in most houses, the end lanes play different from the one next to it and the majority of the rest of the house.
Some houses the difference is greater then other houses.

What are possible causes, and do some houses address the issue better then others?

I'm not trying to start a whinefest, just curious about this phenomenon

House "A".....There's no doors close to the 1st and last pair of lanes, these pairs don't really have much difference than other lanes between these end pairs.

Houise "B" has doors on each end of the building very close to the first and last pairs. Weather really affects these end lanes (and others as well, but not much greater than the end pairs) Also, these end pairs get more "fun" action during open play or birthday parties at this house.

I bowl at these two houses and I don't have that "end pair" mind set at house "A" vs house "B". But house "B" I already have an idea to prepare myself and don't struggle as much as I did the first couple years bowling at this house (B).

For me in our house we have 20 lanes and 3/4 and 17/18 give me the most trouble. 3/4 gives everyone trouble. It's the only pair where we can say there shouldn't be any problems with it because everything matches up like every other lane but 3/4 never play the same

Whichever end the center usually starts oiling on that pair probably gets stripped twice as many times as the rest of the house. 

That too.... they start at 1 and 2 always...

The issue with the lane machine are touched on above...not sure if it remains an issue with the newer machine or not, but in years past, there was a buffer bar that needed to be cycled through in order for both pairs to be marginally in sync.  If that wasn't done, half of the trip on the first lane was simply trying to get the oil ONTO the buffer bar (or whatever its technical name might have been).

In some houses, you also run into the problem where the lane butts up against the way, which makes it difficult to get far left if you really needed to swing the ball.  I would say the same on the high lane except everyone knows lefties never need to move /ducks and runs LOL!

I have also seen houses where there was a walkway to the back next to the end lanes but where it was not level with the approach and lane-beds.   That quick drop-off became a head-case issue for me and many other people just because it would be a nasty fall if you stumbled to the left after release (or were lofting caps and stuck on the approach). 

Still other issues present if the house tends to start open play on the end pair and only oils once a day...you are then stuck with a pair that may be toast in one form or another due to all the open play. 

I can only speak for what I see at the center I bowl at.  24 synthetic lanes and for the past few years, by regulation, they have to keep the last four lanes available for open bowling at all times, so no leagues can be larger than 20 teams.  They usually only oil for leagues, so the last four does not get as much oil.  They usually start oiling at 1-2 and most leagues start on 1-2.  For some strange reason, if they only oil 1-2 once, the lanes play very differently - lane 1 is usually drier than lane 2.  If however, they either double oil or start from the opposite direction, then 1-2 play similar.

If you bowl on the other end of the house (towards 24), the lanes usually seem to hook more.  The house says that since they are synthetic, they don't have to be oiled every day and that end of the house does not get oiled as often but even when they are oiled, as I said, they tend to hook more and break down faster.  That end of the house also gets most of the open play and any youth groups that come in.

Both ends of the house have walls next to the end lane.  The exits are also at the ends of the house.

So, in our house, lanes 1-2 tend to be very different, with lane 1 being dry and lane 2 being very wet.  Leagues don't usually bowl on 23-24 but when I have bowled there, that pair hooks early and breaks down quick.